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HISTORICAL SKETCn

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TOWN OF HANOVER, MASS.,

WITH

FAMILY GENEALOGIES.

BY JOHNS. EA^RY,

AUTHOR OF 4 .ili.COilDi C*' T'Hil •SlJb.TSON FAMILY.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY SAMUEL G. DRAKE, 15 BRATTLE ST

BAZIST & CHANDLER, PRINTERS, 37 CORNHILL.

ENGRAVINGS BY BAKER, SMITH AND ANDREW, 46 COURT ST.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Early settlement of the territory, in connection with that of Scituate — In-
corporation of the Town, and present boundaries — Remonstrance of
Abington — Acquiescence of Scituate — Ancient boundaries — Family
locations previous to the Revolution. 9-27

CHAPTER II.

NATURAL HISTORY.

Geology of the Town — Forests, ancient and modern, with their products,
value and uses — Herbaceous Plants — Birds, &c. — Laws for their des-
truction, and argument for their preservation — Wild and Domestic
Eruits — Ancient Sheep Husbandry, and the Culture of Elax, Wheat, &c.
Materials for improving the soil — Indications of progress. 28-41

CHAPTER III.

INDIANS.

Names of the seven principal tribes — Chikatabut's possessions — Indian
Deed of Scituate — Manners and customs of the natives — Stature,
clothing, money, weapons, dwellings, food, &c. — Dishes at the first meet-
ing of the Old Colony Club — Philip's War — Reminiscenses of the In
dians of Hanover — Changes which have taken place since those days. 42-53

CHAPTER IV.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

Provisions for the support of Public worship — Erection of the Jirst meeting
house in Hanover — Its appearance — Gathering of the worshippers —
Settlement of Mr. Bass — Seating the house — Communion service —
Insubordination of the youth — Sternhold and Hopkins' Hymns — De-
cease of Mr. Bass — His character — Settlement of Mr. Baldwin — Gift
of a 'parsonage — Erection of the second meeting house — Its appearance
— Decease of Mr. Baldwin — Sketch of his life — Attempt to settle Mr.
Litchfield — Settlement of Mr. Mellen — First Bell — Painting the house,
and other repairs — Withdrawal of Mr. Mellen — His decease — Sketch
of his life, and list of his publications — Settlement of Mr. Chaddock —
Withdrawal — Sketch of his life — Settlement of Mr. Chapin — Sketch
of his life — Settlement of Mr. Smith — His life and writings — ■ Erection
of the third meeting house — Settlement of Mr. Duncan. 54-74

IV CONTENTS.

CHAPTER V.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORT CONTINUED.

Establishment of St. Andrew's Church in Scituate — First meetinghouse

— Mr. Davenport's ministry — Mr. Brockwell's — Mr. Thompson's —
Sketch of his descendants — Mr. Wheeler's ministry — Removal of the
Church to Hanover — Erection of a New Meeting House — Rectorship of
Messrs. Cooper, Wolcott, Appleton, Greenleaf, and Cutler — Establish-
ment of a Society in the Northerly part of Hanover, and Westerly part of
Scituate — Incorporation as a Universalist Society — Sketch of it's history

— History of the Baptist Society. 75-84

CHAPTER VI.

EDUCATION.

Early laws for the support of education — Our Common School System —
Schoolmasters — Schools established in Hanover — Mr. Fitzgerald — Jo-
seph Cushing — Luke Stetson — Sketch from 1750 to 1840 — Table of
appropriations — Academy. Mr. Chaddock's — Removal to the Four
Corners — Second building — New Edifice, built in 1852 — Proprietors

— Lawyers — Phvsicians — Graduates. 85-1 01

CHAPTER VII.

MILITARY HISTORT.

Military training of our ancestors — Town's stock of powder, &c. — Expe-
dition to the Spanish West Indies — Expedition to Cape Breton — French
Neutrals — French War, with extracts from the Muster Rolls. 102-107

CHAPTER VIII.

INCIDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION.

Causes of the Revolution — Stamp Act — Convention in Boston — Ply-
mouth County Convention — Provincial Congresses — Preparations for
defence — Minute men — Provincial Treasurer chosen — Committees of
Safety — Boston Port Bill — Tories, and the Ruggles Covenant — Bal-
four's troops — Commencement of hostilities — Sea coast guards — Gen-
eral Washington assumes the command of the Army — Station of the
army — Operations for 1776 — Entrenchment on Dorchester heights —
Evacuation of Boston — Alarm at Cohasset — Declaration of Independ-
ence — Operations around Boston — Men for Triconderoga and for
Rhode Island — Operations for 1777 — Committee of Safety — Prices
for labor — Town's quota — P^xpedition to Rhode Island — Other mili-

* tary movements — Operations for 1778 — Quota of Shirts. &c. — State
Constitution rejected — Enlistments for this year — Extracts from the Pay
Rolls — Operations for 1779 — Committee of Safety. &c. — Enlistments
— Committee of Safety for 1780 — Military movements for the year —
Depreciation of Currency — The dark hour — Movements for 1781 — In-
cidents subsequent to the War. 108-130

CHAPTER IX.

MILITARY HISTORY CONTINUED.

Military Companies subsequent to the Revolution — Hanover Artillery
Company — Hanover Light Infantry — Hanover Rifle Company — War
of 1812 — List of Soldiers. 131-136

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER X.

MANUFACTURES AND TBADE,

inrs,

History of Manufactures in the town — Forges and Furnaces — Bardi
now the Curtis Forge — Barstow's, now Sylvester's Forge — Dyer's, now
Perry's Tack Factory — Sketch of the Life of Col. Jesse Reed — The
Drinkwater Works, now Bates and Holmes — Barker's Foundry — Sal-
mond's Tack Works — Tolman's Mills — Saw and Grist Mills — Plough
Manufacture, and Sketch of the Life of David Prouty — Other branches
of Industry. 137-155

CHAPTER XI.

SHIP BUILDING.

Former and present state of the art of Ship-building in America — Materi-
als for the construction of vessels — Massachusetts Enterprise — Ship-
building on the North River — Yards in Pembroke — Yards in Hanover
— The Barstows. Sylvesters, Sampsons. Clarks. Perrys, Eells, Paiges,
Baileys, Smiths, Kingmans, Wings, Stockbridges, &c. — Obstructions in
the River — Petitions to Congress for their removal — Decline of the
business — Present condition of the village. 156-165

CHAPTER XII.

PROVISIONS FOR THE POOR — TEMPERANCE CAUSE — SLAVERY — RESTING

PLACES FOR THE DEAD LONGEVITY.

Provisions for the Poor — Poor kept by Friends — Selectmen to provide
for them — Put out at Auction — Establishment of an Aims-House —
Temperance Cause — Excise Bill of 1751 — Rum Trade at that date —
Extracts from the Church Records Relative to the Excise Bill — Tem-
perance Society formed in 1816 — Later History of the Cause — Slavery
in New England — Owners of Slaves, from the Church and Town Rec-
ords— Touching Incident — Burial Ground near the Centre of the Town

— Gifts of Land by David Stockbridge, Esq., and by John Barstow, Esq.,

— Burial Ground at Snappet — Table of Longevity. 166-180

CHAPTER XIII.

Highways — Streets — Bridge s — Ponds — Streams — and Landmarks . 181-1 92

PART II.

Family Genealogies.

193

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. Residence of the late Capt. Joseph J. Whiting, (Frontispiece)

2. First Central Meeting House - - - -■- - 57

3. Second, and Present Central Meeting Houses - 65

4. Old, and Present Episcopal Churches ----- 77

5. Old, and Present Universalist Meeting Houses - 81

6. Baptist Meeting House ----._.. 83

7. Academy, at the Four Corners ------ 93

8. The Curtis Forge 139

9 and 10. Ancient and Modern Ploughs - 148 and 149

11. Ancient Ship, of the days of the Pilgrims - - - - 156

12. Plan of the Ship yards - ------ 153

13. Bailey Coat of Arms, and Autographs - - - - - 199

14. The Baldwin House -• 206

15. Residence of Capt. Seth Barker 207

16. Barstow Coat of Arms 208

17. Residence of Col. John B. Barstow ----- 227

18. Residence of Mr. Elisha Bass ------ 244

19. Bates Coat of Arms -------- 245

20. Curtis Coat of Arms 272

21. Residence of Mr. George Curtis ------ 286

22. The Judge Cushing House 290

23. Residence ot Rev. Samuel Cutler 291

24. Residence of Capt. Nathan Dwelley - -■-,-- 299

25. Residence of Mr. Charles Dyer ------ 300

26. Residence of J. T. Gardner, Esq. 312

27. Residence of Dr. A. C. Garratt 313

28. Jacobs Coat of Arms ---- .-.- 319

29. Josselyn Coat of Arms - - 335

30. Residence of Rev. R. L. Killam 348

31. Likeness of Col. Jesse Reed ------- 363

32. Stetson Coat of Arms 378

33. Residence of Martin W. Stetson - 380

34. Stockbridge Coat of Arms 384

35. Studley Coat of Arms 392

36. Sylvester Coat of Arms 400

37. Residence of Mr. John Sylvester 404

38. •' " " Michael Sylvester ----- 406

39. « " " Robert Sylvester u 407

40. Whiton Coat of Arms - - 419

INTRODUCTION.

In sending forth the following work, to be subjected to the inspection and
criticism of the public, the author is aware, that he assumes a great respon-
sibility, inasmuch as every historical work, is to effect, for good or ill, the
reputation of those who are named in its pages. For the manner in wrhich
this difficult task has been executed in the present instance, it is hoped that
but little cause of complaint will be found. Many thanks are due to those
who have kindly aided my labors, and strenghtened my purposes.

Valuable assistance has been derived from the Library of the Mass., and
New England Historical Societies, and that of the State, the Records of
Plymouth and Suffolk Counties, and from many published histories, and
private manuscripts. If the work meets the approbation of the public, and
if it is found to contain a faithful and impartial record of facts, the author
will feel that his labor has not been in vain. Every attempt, however hum-
ble, to rescue from oblivion the fast fading mementos of the past, is laud-
able, and valuable ; and local histories, furnish the materials from which,
hereafter, works of a more general character, will be written. That this
work, imperfect as it is, may fill some niche in the " gallery of history," is
all that the author can ask.

ERRATA.

A few errors have been discovered, in carrying the work through the press,
the most important of which are here noted, for correction.

Page 10. The date of the incorporation of Scit, should be 1636, not 1642,
and it was strictly the 2nd town incorporated, as well as the 2nd settled, in
Plymouth Colony.

P. 14, line 7, read 42° V, instead of 40° 7\

P. 18, line 3, read son of William, instead of grandson.

P. 19, line 16, read 1660, instead of 1690.

P. 27, last line, read gleanings instead of gleamings.

P. 33, note, read 20 ft, instead of thirty.

P. 50, line 21, read Winslow, instead of Winston.

P. 56, line 35, read Isaac Buck, instead of Bush.

P. 73, last line of the quotation, read frondes instead offondes.

P. 264, last line, read records , instead of readers.

P. 271, last line but one, note, read 1648 instead of 1748.

P. 328, line 27, read p. 32, instead of 34.

P. 311. The dates of birth, &c, in the family of Mr. Hiram Gardner,
should be as follows : (by 2nd,) Charlotte S., May 17, 1842 ; Anne R., Feb.
8, 1844 ; George, May 12, 1845 ; Curtis, Nov. 2, 1846, d. Sept. 24, 1848 ;
and Sarah C, Mar. 29, 1852. So says the wife of Mr. G.

P. 374 The w. of Mr. Eben'r. Simmons, was of Little Compton, R. L, in-
stead of Prov. ; and Mr. S. was a Lt, in the war of 1812, under the U. S.
Gov't. His son Perez, was a member of the " Suffrage Convention,' as it
is called, whilst in R. I., and in consequence of difficulties growing out^ of
his sympathy with Mr. Dorr, he left the State, and settled in his native
town.

HISTORY OF HANOVER, MASS.

CHAPTER I.

" O dark the scene and dreary,

When here they set them down,
Of storms and billows weary,

And chilled with winter's frown.
Deep moaned the forests to the wind,

Loud howled the savage foe,
While here their evening prayer arose,

Two hundred years ago" Flint.

Early settlement of the territory, in connexion with that of Scituate — Incorpora-
tion of the Town, and present boundaries — Remonstrance of Abington — Ac-
quiescence of Scituate — Ancient boundaries — Family locations previous to the
Revolution. y.

The Town of Hanover, whose history we propose to sketch in
the following pages, was incorporated as late as 1727, or more
than one hundred years after the landing of the Pilgrims ; but its
territory was actually settled as early as 1649, or less than thirty
years after the landing. Although its municipal age, therefore,
may not he so great as that of many other towns in the county,
yet its history may properly date back a century at least previous
to its incorporation.

The landing of the Pilgrims took place on Monday, December
11th, 1620, Old Style, or December 21st, New Style, on the
ever memorable Rock at Plymouth : and this was the first sue-
cessful settlement made m Massachusetts.1 It was not till twelve

l Thacher's History of Plymouth, p. 24.

10 HISTOKY OP HANOVER.

years after, or in 1632, that the first settlements were made
in Duxbury,1 and this town, which was incorporated in 1637, then
embraced within its limits the present towns of Marshfield, incor-
porated in 1640 ; Bridgewater, incorporated in 1656, and cover-
ing the territory included in North, East, West, and South
Bridgewater, or Bridgewater proper ; 2 Abington, incorporated in
1712 ; 3 and Pembroke, also incorporated in 1712, from which, in
1820, the present town of Hanson was set off.

Less than eight years after the landing of the Pilgrims, how-
ever, or in 1628, settlements were made in Scituate ; and although
this town was not incorporated until 1642, or five years after
Duxbury, and two after Marshfield, yet it properly ranks next to
Plymouth in age, it having been the second town settled in the
Plymouth Colony.

The greater part of the present territory of Hanover originally
belonged to Scituate, and so remained, until its erection into a
township by itself. The early history of the town, therefore, is
identified with, and strictly belongs to, that of Scituate. But it
will not be necessary to enter into many details relating to the
latter town. The history of Scituate has been published to the
world ; and had we the disposition, it is doubtful if we could add
much to Deane's excellent narrative.

We shall content ourselves with a few brief notes ; and present
these, more for the purpose of showing how, when, and by whom
the territory and town of Hanover were first settled, than to re-
write what has been once so ably written.

As we just remarked, the first settlements were made in Scitu-

e eight years after the landing of the Pilgrims, or in 1628 ; and

le names of these early settlers were William Gilson, Anthony

uinable, Thomas Bird, Nathaniel Tilden, Edward Foster, Henry

.lowley, and others, called " Men of Kent," probably from their

naving come from the County of Kent in England.4

.The first lots ^cord, granted in Scituate in 1633, were in

1 Winsor's T ixbury, p. 9.

2 Mitchell's Bridgewater, p. 10.

3 Hobart's Abington, p. 35.

4The name of this ancient town is found on the map in " Wood's New
England's Prospect," published in 1633, a copy of which is annexed to
" Fowle's Outline Map of Massachusetts," hanging upon the walls of most
of our school-rooms. Also in Young's Chronicles of Massachusetts, p. 389.

EARLY SETTLEMENT. 11

that part of the town called The Harbor, and on the second cliff.
The third cliff had been previously appropriated and occupied.
In August, 1633, the inhabitants proceeded to lay out a regular
village, allowing to no man more than four acres for a house lot,
the proposition being " to build a compact street for purpose
of mutual defence." 1 This was called Kent Street, and led from
the bridge at the harbor, easterly to the third cliff. Here houses
were built ; and when, in 1634, the Rev. Mr. Lothrop, with thirty
of his church, arrived from London, who were joined the same
winter by others, some of whom were " Men of Kent," additional
house lots were granted, and additional tenements reared. Deane
suggests that these primitive houses were built of logs, and cover-
ed with thatch cut from the sedges which grew profusely upon the
neighboring marshes. But as it was " agreed upon by the whole
Court, held the sixth of January, 1627, that from henceforward no
dwelling-house was to be covered with any kind of thache, as straw,
reed, &c, but with either board or pale, and the like to wit of all that
were to be new built in the towne," we think it probable that most
of the houses were covered with " board or pale."2 Tiue, the law
applied to Plymouth only, when passed, but would be likely to be
observed throughout the colony. And as the settlers of Scituate
were many of them men of substance, they were not compelled
by poverty to build their dwellings in the rudest form, though
those of the poorer class may have been covered with thatch.
Houses were built, however ; and here, for a series of years,
dwelt in comparative seclusion, in their wilderness home, a race of
men, many of whom had lived in far costlier habitations in the land
of their nativity, and enjoyed advantages, for literary culture and
social intercourse, far superior to what could be immediately ex
pected in their new abode.

But though the act of their coming here was to some ex-
tent voluntary, yet it must have been with feelings of lone-
liness and depression, in their thoughtf;~: ^oods, that they
looked out upon that broad ocean, stretching before them, not
whitened as now with the sails of every clime, ;ibut expand-
ing, a gulf of three thousand miles between them and their

i Deane's Scituate, p. 8. 2 Plymouth Colony Laws, p. 29.

12 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

former home ; its waves, in the storm, lashing with fury the rock-
bound coast, and striking terror to the mother's heart ; or in its
milder moods, laving the shore with quiet murmurings, the more
calculated to awaken in the saddened spirit emotions which find
vent chiefly in sighs. Or as they looked behind, upon that broad
forest, clothing plain and hill, where wild beasts prowled, and the
Indian roamed, and not a sign or a token of civilized life appeared,
and as they felt their exposure to the deadly incursions of these
hostile foes, iron wills must have been possessed by the men, and
iron nerves have braced the gentler sex, else could they never
have passed through the perils which surrounded them, and the
dangers of their earlier days, with that calm composure and un-
wavering trust which they ever displayed.

But a life of privation, and hardship and toil, was encountered
with cheerfulness, and endured without murmuring, for the praise-
worthy object of permanently securing for themselves and their
posterity, what they had never fully enjoyed on English soil, — a
diffusive civil, and an enlightened religious liberty. Animated by
this purpose, they moved steadily on, " fainting not for weakness,
faltering not for pain," their tears and their blood watering the
soil, and their lives yielded a willing sacrifice to the cause of free-
dom !

The boundaries of Scituate remained unsettled for some years.
It was the practice of the Colony Court to make grants, from time
to time, to new planters, as they requested it ; waiting until each
settlement should become of sufficient magnitude to require cor-
porate powers, before conferring the same. The " Conihasset
Grant " was made in 1633, to four gentlemen, usually called
" Merchant Adventurers of London ; " 1 and in 1637, the tract
called " The Two Miles," now a part of Marshfield, was granted
on the application of Mr. Timothy Hatherly, and the Rev. Mr.
Lothrop, accompanied by a Committee of fifteen of the principal
planters. 2

Finally, in 1642, by order of the Court, the general bounds of
the town were fixed " on the westerly side up the Indian Head
River, to the Pond, which is the head of said River j and from

l Deane's Scituate, p. 4. 2 Ibid, p. 7.

EARLY SETTLEMENT. 13

thence to Accord Pond ; and from thence to the sea, bj the line
that is the hound between Massachusetts and Plymouth." '

Upon this territory, wbich included the most of Hanover, the
first settlers, with their descendants, and those who subsequently
joined them, took up their abode, and spent their days, in the
peaceful pursuit of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, in-
terrupted only by occasional periods of Indian warfare, during
which, and especially in that bloody and protracted campaign
which signalized Philip's war in 1676, much suffering was en-
dured, many of their houses were destroyed, and many precious
and valuable lives were lost. But of these matters we shall have
occasion to speak more at large hereafter.

As we have already observed, the first settlements in Scituate
proper, were at the harbor. But as years rolled on, and the
country around was explored, and the population continued to in-
crease, by internal growth and external additions, lands farther
back from the shore began to be improved, and settlers pushed
their way along up the windings of the North River, dotting its
banks here and there with their simple dwellings, and spacious
farms ; — occasionally varying the^ scene by the establishment of
a ship-yard ; — and thence up the Indian Head, where forges and
furnaces were erected from 1701 to 1710 ; and so back towards
the colony fine, and in the vicinity of the third Herring Brook,
where were saw and grist-mills, and farms of considerable extent ;
until eventually, towards the close of the seventeenth century, a
respectable number of busy and enterprising men were resident
upon the territory now included in Hanover ; and during the first
quarter of the eighteenth century, that number was so much en-
larged, (the population amounting to nearly three hundred souls,)
that the inhabitants began to think of petitioning to be incorpora-
ted into a town by themselves ; and in 1727, their petition having
been presented and carefully considered, their wishes were grati-
fied, the new town took its place among the municipalities of the
county, and received its name of Hanover, probably in compli-
ment to the Duke of Hanover, who had lately been called to
the English throne under the title of George the First.

At present, the town is bounded on the North by Abington and

i Deane's Scituate, p. 1.

14 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

South Scituate ; on the East by South Scituate ; on the South by
Pembroke and Hanson ; and on the West by Abington. Its area
is fifteen and one half square miles, or nearly ten thousand acres.
The latitude of the centre-meeting house, from the State Trigono-
metrical Survey, is 42° 06' 49", and Ion. 70° 49 13", and of the
Town Hall, as laid down on the map published by Mr. Whiting,
the lat. is 40° 7', and the Ion. 70° 50' 58". Distance from Bos-
ton to the Four Corners, twenty-two miles ; from thence to Ply-
mouth, fourteen miles. This was the thirteenth town established
within the limits of the county ; and according to the census of
1850, is the fourteenth in point of population, and the fifteenth on
the valuation list. Being principally a farming town, and possess-
ing but few external advantages, its growth has not been so rapid
as that of some other towns, perhaps more recently incorporated.
Still, industry and frugality have ever characterized the people ;
and steadiness in business, and general intelligence, have proved
the sure elements of rational prosperity.

As might well be supposed, the new town was not incorporated
without some opposition on the part of its neighbors. Scituate,
which was to be most seriously affected, sent no remonstrance
to the General Court which remains on file, and voted at a meet-
ing held in 1726 n«t#to oppose its incorporation ; but Abington,
which was then less thickly settled than Scituate, though now hav-
ing nearly double the population, and which was struggling to
maintain its own existence, complained that the change contem-
plated would not only considerably diminish its territory, but se-
riously weaken and cripple its resources.

In the latter town, in September, 1726, Lieutenant William
Reed, Matthew Pratt, Edward Bates, and Samuel Noyes, were
chosen a committee " to draw up objections in answer to the
Drinkwater people's petition to draw off from them," and it was
voted, " that Matthew Pratt and Samuel Noyes should carry the
answer to the Court." l This remonstrance was presented April
19, 1727, and the reasons assigned in it why the inhabitants of
Abington opposed the petitioners prayer are, — "1. Because of
the fewness of our families in number, which is but about fifty-

lHobart's History of Abington, p. 131.

REMONSTRANCE OF ABINGTON. 15

three, including the eight desiring to be set off; and of these
five are newly married, and have neither house nor home, but as
they sojourn under the roofs of others ; and of the rest, six are
widows, whose husbands have of late deceased, leaving their fam-
ilies much broken, and under low circumstances ; which nineteen,
taken from fifty- three, leaves but thirty-four ; — and even of these
some are so poor that they are left out of the rates, and have
need of support from the town ; ■ — so that there will be but
thirty families left to bear the public charges. 2. The part of the
town petitioning to be set off, contains eleven polls, and above- one-
fifth of the rateable estate ; and although there will still be left
to Abington a considerable tract of land, yet but little part of it
is capable of settlement, except the easterly part, which is chiefly
in gentlemen proprietors hands, who do neither sell nor settle their
lands, they living in other towns, and improving the same only as
timber lots ; and the inhabitants petitioning to be set off dwell on
the easterly part of these great lots, which run westerly nearly
to the centre of Abington, which will hence be exempt from taxa-
tion here for the support of the ministry. And, 3. That the eight
petitioners for the separation, viz. : Elijah dishing, Jeremiah
Hatch, Nathaniel Davis, Joseph Bryant, Nehemiah Cushing,
Benjamin Loring, and Isaac Hatch, though they urged their dis-
tance from public worship, were but four miles from the meeting
house, and that if it was objected that the way was difficult and
impassable, yet several responsible men had offered to make it
good and passable, for man and horse, for <£5 charge." '

The Court, on the reception of this remonstrance, appointed a
Committee, consisting of Lieut.-Governor Tailor, and Elisha Cook,
Esq., of the Council, and Ezra Bourne, Esq., Major Tileston, and
Edward Arnold, Esq., of the House, to view the territory, and
they reported in favor of its incorporation, although they allowed
that it would " put the inhabitants of Abington under some diffi-
culties, respecting the supporting the public worship of God, for
that several large tracts of land within the town did not pay to--
wards the maintenance of the ministry."

To remedy this evil, however, at a subsequent date, by petition.

l State files, " Towns," 113, pp. 684, 691.

16 HISTORY OP HANOVER.

presented June 20, 1727, the Court authorized Abington to levy a
tax of one half-penny per acre, for three years, on all dormant or
non-resident lands within their limits, for the support of the min-
istry, and also granted them as a compensation for what they had
lost, a tract of land lying to the North-east of that commonly
called Waldo's farm.1

Scituate, the town most deeply interested in this decision, seems
to have acquiesced in it, without any serious complaints, and so far
as we can learn from an examination of the records of that town,
cheerfully extended to the inhabitants of the newly incorporated
district the hand of fellowship, and continued to live with them on
terms of friendship, and reciprocal good will.

And now that the new town is fairly started upon a career of its
own, it may be well to pause for a moment, and glance at the ter-
ritory it embraced, and at the men who settled that territory ; pic-
turing to ourselves, as well as we can, the appearance which it
would have presented, had we been permitted, from some appro-
priate eminence, to survey the scene, and note its features.

First and foremost stands the Town itself. Its ancient boun-
daries are described in the Act of Incorporation, as "beginning
at the Third Herring Brook, at David Jacobs' Saw Mill Dam, and
from thence running near West about two hundred and fifty six
rods, to the Northeast corner of Isaac Turner's Great Lot,
then near west with the north side line of said Great Lot, one
mile to the share line, 2 and then continuing the same course three
quarters of a mile ; then turning and running near South, two miles
to the South west corner of Neheniiah Cushing's lot, then South
five degrees and forty minutes West to the Southerly bounds of
Abington and Pembrook, and on Indian Head Paver, and South
easterly by the North River, and easterly by the aforesaid Third
Herring Brook, from the said North River, to the Dam before
mentioned." 3

The territory here described, is substantially that now con-
stituting the town, — only a small gore having been annexed to
Pembroke ; — and valuable as it is to the present proprietors,

i State Files, " Towns," 113, p. 708.

2. This share line was the original easterly boundary of Abington.

3. State Files, " Towns, "113, pp. 704 and 707.

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. 17

and pleasant as is the home it affords to nearly sixteen hun-
dred free and industrious people, it was still more highly prized,
because obtained at greater sacrifices, by the original settlers; and
the location of these early residents we propose briefly to notice,
according to the best information we have been able to obtain, de-
rived from the Records of the Town and Church, from wills and
deeds, and from family tradition ; and should any mistakes occur
in this, which has proved a difficult part of our task, we can confi-
dently affirm that our list of names is correct, so far as it extends,
and errors of location it is impossible always to avoid, inasmuch
as the ways travelled then were not, in every case, precisely the
same as the highways of our own days, and many families have
removed from the town, leaving few traces of their existence be-
hind them.

At the Four Corners, and along the North, and Indian Heads£fi
Rivers, the earliest settlements were made. Near the North Riv-
er, and N. 18° W. 125 rods from the Four Corners, the respect-
able and enterprising family of Bar stow 8 settled, as early as 1649.
The house of William, the ancestor, who was a carpenter or ship-
wright by trade, stood in the pasture a few rods North of Back,
and East of Washington Street. How it was constructed, or when
it was torn down, we have no means of determining with certainty. .
It had a cellar, the outlines of which are still visible, partially fill-
ed with stones and rubbish ; and a few scattering trees, the rem-
nants of an old orchard, known as the Benjamin Barstow orchard,
are standing near the spot. Whether these trees constituted a
part of the original orchard of Mr. Barstow, we cannot say, but it
is certain that he had an orchard, as in the volume of "Actions,'1
in the Records of the Old Colony, p. 69, William Barstow com-
plains of John Palmer, Sen. and John Palmer, jr. in an action of
X10 damage, "for setting of trapps and caching of swine, where-
by the said Barstow is damnified ; " and on the same page, is the
entry of another action instituted against John Palmer, damage
X 10, "for pulling down fence, and damnifying Ms apple trees,
and for stroying his corn, English and Indian, with his hoggs."
In the old family mansion, William, the youngest son of William,
Senr. resided, and after him, his son Benjamin, with his numerous
family of twenty-one children.

18 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Farther east, or 41 rods N. E. of the Corners, and opposite the
residence of Joseph S. Bates, on Broadway, stood the house
of Joseph Barstow, grandson of William, which was used as
a block-house or garrison house in the Indian War of 1676. This
structure was removed many years ago, but its foundation is
still visible, and the outlines of the same may be traced even from
the road.

In March 1672, liberty was " graunted and allowed to Joseph
Barstow to keep an ordinary at the place where he now lives, and
that he be provided always with necessaries for the entertainment
of travellers, and keep good order in his house, that there be no
just cause of complaint against him in that behalfe."1

Across the North River, in Oct. 1658, William, Senr. was au-
thorised to build abridge, "above the third herring brook, at stoney
reache, being the place where now passengers goe frequently over ;
the said bridge to bee made sufficient for horse and foot ; and to
cleare and marke a way to Hughes cross, and to open and clear
and make a way along beyand Hughes Crosse toward the bay, soe
as to avoid a certain Rocky hill and swamp ; — he to have £12
current countrey pay for so doing."2

July 27. 1662, Mr. Barstow agreed with Mr. Constant South-
worth, and Major Josias Winslow, in behalf of the Colony of New
Plymouth, to keep in repair and maintain the bridge called Bars-
tow's bridge, upon the North River, in consideration of <£20 in hand
paid, for 20 years, to serve for transportation of passengers, hors-
es, chattle, and all such use as they shall ordinarily put it to," and
pledged for the fulfilment of this contract, the house and land in and
on which he dwelt, a small tract already disposed of to his son (in
law) Moses Simmons, only excepted. 3

This bridge, the first built on the stream, stood above the pres-
ent bridge, and the old piers, which are still visible, and which be-
longed to the second bridge, are probably near, if not on the spot
where Mr. Barstow built.

In 1657, Mr. Barstow was "allowed by the Court to draw and
sell wine, beer, and strong waters for passengers that come and goe

i Col. Eec. 3. 78. 3 Col. Kec. 4. 76.

2 Ibid. 3. 107.

LOCATION OF EARLY SETTLERS. 19

over the bridge he hath lately made, or others that shall have oc-
cation, unless any just exception shall come in against him." * He
had been previously licensed to keep an ordinary ; 2 so that we think
it probable that near his bridge he had a small building as a kind
of toll-house, and here his refreshments were kept.

About 1662, a grant of land was made to William Barstow, "ly-
ing westward of Cornett Studsons graunt, in reference to satisfac-
tion for his paines &c. in the countreys business ; " 3 and the com-
missioners were instructed to lay out for him not less than 40, nor
more than 50 acres of arable land.

Benjamin, Capt. Joseph, and Samuel Barstow, were the repre-
sentatives of the family in Hanover, at the date of the incorpora-
tion of the town.

Benjamin, who occupied his grandfather's house, was engaged
principally hi ship-building, at the yard established by the family
on the North River, as early as 1690, and this business is still
followed by his descendants. Some of his sons moved to Roches-
ter, and established ship-yards, yet improved by their descendants,
who are among the most active and enterprising men in Matta-
poisett.

Capt. Joseph, in connexion with Benjamin Stetson, received in
1T20, a grant of two acres of land on the Indian Head River, be-
tween Pine Hill and Rocky Run, for the accommodation of a
forge and finery, and erected the forge subsequently known as
Barstow' s forge, but now as Sylvester's, and which was improved
by his descendants for nearly a century, or until about the year
1800.

Samuel Barstow resided in the Drinkwater district, and owned
land in the Central and Westerly parts of the town. He was en-
gaged principally in farming, having an estate of nearly one thou-
sand acres, and was somewhat interested in commercial pursuits as
a ship owner, and in manufactures as proprietor of a mill.

The descendants of these families, and of the common ancestor,
are widely scattered over the Northern and Western States, and
wherever known are men of respectable standing, and several have
risen to eminence and honor, in the councils of States, and the
Congress of the nation. /

i Col. Rec. 3. 115. s Ibid. 4. 126. 3 Ibid. 4. 160 and 18(

20 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Of the Eells family, which has also furnished to the town useful
and enterprising men, who served it faithfully in the French War,
and were commanders of Companies in the War of the Revolution,
Samuel, a .descendant of Revd. Nathaniel, fourth pastor of the
jj Second Church in Scituate, dwelt at the Four Corners, on the
spot where the house of Joseph C. Stockbridge stands, and in the
building erected and occupied by his father-in-law, Mr. Witherell.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and his shop is spoken of in the
laying out of a highway in 1730. His career was short, but dis-
tinguished. In 1740, a company was enlisted in the county of
Plymouth, by Capt. Winslow, to serve in the expedition against the
Spanish West Indies, under Admiral Vernon, whose original mus-
ter-roll, on parchment, is still in existence, and in the possession
of Revd. Benjamin Kent, of Roxbury. Of the 500 men sent in
the expedition by Massachusetts, not more than 50 returned, many
having fallen victims to the prevailing tropical fevers. ! Samuel
Eells enlisted in this company as an Ensign, and died, either on
the passage from Carthagena to Jamaica, or at Jamaica, May 9,
1741, in the 35th year of his age. His widow, Hannah, who sur-
vived him for many }Tears, and occupied his homestead, obtained a
pension from the British Government, through the friendly aid of
the Revd. Ebenezer Thompson, Rector of St. Andrew's Church,
which, we understand, was punctually remitted to her to the close
of her life. 2

Abner Dwelley, a descendant of Richard, of Scituate, was in
Hanover in 1727, but died soon after, and his descendants left the
town. He lived on Elm St. not far from Col. J. B. Barstow's, and
an old orchard, known as the " Abner Orchard, " marks the spot.
The cellar and well are yet visible. His brothers settled in Pem-
broke, and some of their descendants are now in Hanover. Dr.
Melzar, Dwelley, also a descendant of Richard, of Scituate, came to
Hanover in the latter part of the last century, and remained until
his death in 1828. His descendants are in Ashburnham, and
South Boston. One of his sons yet resides in Hanover.

Melatiah and John Dillingham seem to have lived near the Cor-
ners, and tradition says that the former was a blacksmith, and

l Winsor's Duxbuiy, p. 116. 2 Letter of J. Barstow, Esq.

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. 21

built the house at present occupied by the widow Eells. Joshua,
the Quaker, a descendant of Melatiah, was also a blacksmith, and
his shop stood at the corner, near Wood & Torrey's store. He
moved to New York. A few descendants of these brothers, in the
male line, lived in Hanover until the close of the last century, but
the name is now extinct. There were several intermarriages in
this family with the Este's, of Hanover.

Below the Corners, and on the old Scituate road, near the third
Herring brook, called by some the smelt brook, lived the Palmer's.
John, supposed to be the same who came with the first settlers of
Hingham, in 1635, and who was a freeman in Massachusetts in
1638, was freeman in Plymouth in 1657, with his sons John and
Elnathan. His house lot was near the junction of the road S. E.
of Church Hill. l He is the one referred to in our account of the
Barstows. In 1660, he built a log-bridge over the third Herring
brook, "from firm upland to firm upland," which is still known as
Palmer's bridge. Ezekiel and Josiah, his descendants, were citi-
zens of Hanover for a time, and others of his descendants have re-
sided in the town, though there is but one of the name now living
here.

Not far from the residence of the Palmers, lived the Stock-
bridges, descendants of Charles, of Scituate, who was son of John,
the wheelwright. To Charles was granted, in 1673, " 30 acres of
land on the third Herring brook, on condition that he erect a com
mill on that brook, and keep and tend the mill fourteen years." x
This mill, subsequently known as Jonah's mill, and the Tiifany
mill, stood near the tack factory of Mr. Samuel Salmond, and was
built in 1677. In the division of the estate of the father, in 1684,
there was given " to Charles, the oldest son, land at third Herring
brook, and half the corn-mill and three fourths of the saw-mill
there ; To Thomas, land on third Herring brook, half the corn-mill,
and one fourth of the saw-mill ; To Joseph 50 acres of land in
Duxbury, near Indian-head river."

The first of these, Charles, lived near the Herring brook, and
also Thomas.3 Joseph, the third son, became a citizen of Pembroke

i Deane's Scitnate, p. 319. 2 Deane, p. 343.

3 In the house occupied by Ephraim Stetson.

22 HISTORY OP HANOVER.

in 1735, but continued to be a member of the Church in Hanover
until his death, in 1773, at the advanced age of 100 years. His
farm, which was his father's grant, was in what is now Pembroke,
and where Haviland, son of the late Capt. William Torrey resides,
— the first house in Pembroke, after crossing the bridge at the
Curtis Forge. His son David, who married Deborah, daughter of
Judge John Cushin<r, built the house near North River bridge,
where the new house of Edmund Q. Sylvester stands, and was
Town Clerk for many years, Representative, &c. and Ms son David
was Senator, &c.

Within a half-mile of the Corners, Northward, dwelt the Sylves-
ters, descendants of Richard, who was of Weymouth in 1633, and
of Scituate in 1642. Capt. Joseph, the father of Amos and Ben-
jamin, of Hanover, had, according to Deane,1 a farm north of the
Church Hill, which in part he purchased of John Whiston in 1664,
and his house stood where that of Samuel Waterman stands, not
far from the third Herring brook. He was Capt. under Col. Ben-
jamin Church, the famous Indian warrior, in the Eastern expedi-
tion in 1689, and in 1690, was Captain with 16 men from Scitu-
ate, many of whom never returned, in Phips' expedition to Cana-
da, and died in the service. His will, which was verbal, was
proved in the Court by three of his soldiers, Benjamin Stetson,
and John and William Perry, and gives " all my land at Hugh's
cross to son Joseph ; the three younger sons (Amos, Benjamin,
and David,) to be provided for by their mother ( Mary, ) out of
the remainder of my estate."

On Broadway, and on Elm and Spring Streets, dwelt the Jos-
selynns, descendants of Thomas, who came from London in 1635,
through Abraham, his oldest son, and Henry, his grandson, who
settled in Scituate in 1669. Nathaniel, Jabez, Joseph, and Dea.
Thomas, were living in Hanover at the date of the incorporation
of the town. The descendants of this family are very numerous,
and widely scattered.

The Burdens or Bardins, Isaac and Thomas, probably descend-
ants of Abraham of Scotland, 2 also resided on Broadway, and tra-
dition says the latter built the house now occupied by David Her-

l Deane, p. 349. 2 Deane, p. 215.

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. 23

sey. He was likewise proprietor of the First Forge, erected on
the Indian Head river, about 1704, where the Curtis Forge now
stands, whose dam stretched across the stream from shorn to shore,
and near which the then highly important alewife fishery, subse-
quently a matter of controversy, and now of no consequence to the
town, was carried on in its season.

Farther up the stream, and on the gore which was annexed to
Pembroke, dwelt the Cushings, Lt. Elijah and Lt. Nehemiah, de-
scendants of John of Scituate, who came from Hin£;ham in 1662
and who was son of Matthew, born in England in 1588. 1 Both
these men were useful in the town, the former serving as Modera-
tor, Representative, &c. The latter, Nehemiah, became a citizen
of Pembroke before 1750, and also Elijah ; and their descendants
are principally in Hanson.

Few families in the country have been more celebrated than the
Cushings, and probably no other one has furnished more Judges
for our Probate, Municipal and Supreme Courts. In all its
branches, it has been highly respectable, and it still maintains its
ancient standing.

In the vicinity of the Cushings, and on the gore annexed to Pem-
broke, so far as I can learn, dwelt a few other families, whose de-
scendants are now in Hanson ; as Richard Bowker, Richard Hill,
and perhaps Edmund Bowker, William Cocks ( Cook, now Coxe, )
and Israel Smith.

In the "Westerly part of the town, on Torrey's lane, now Winter
Street, the Tilden house, a portion of which is still standing, was
erected over 130 years ago, and was occupied by a brother of Lt.
Job, when the town was incorporated. On the same lane dwelt
the Torreys, David and Stephen, — and James and Nathaniel liv-
ed more towards the centre of the town. Farther on, and on the
same street, the Wings, — Bachelor, Sylvanus, and Ebenezer, —
were settled. In the male line, all these names are extinct here.
A few of the female descendants still survive, among whom we
may name the wife of Thomas M. Bates, who was a Wing.

Around Circuit Street, and in other parts of the Drinkwater
district, were settled Robert Young, Thomas Jones, and John

i Deane, p. 254.

24 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Cobb, who left no descendants in Hanover ; Joseph and Samuel
Ramsdell, whose descendants are in the western part of the State ;
Job Otis, who returned to Scituate ; and near Abington line,
Samuel Staples, who occupied the old Wanton House, and John
Bra j and Thomas Wilkes, the latter of whom has descendants in
Abington. William Ford may have lived in the same neighbor-
hood, though of this we cannot speak with confidence.

On and near what is now Plain Street, lived Caleb Barker, the
Quaker, whose descendants are in Pembroke and New York ; and
Matthew, William, and Edward Estes, a fev of whose descend-
ants are in Hanover, but who mostly remo\ ed to the Western
States.

On Center Street, and near the present residence of Albert
White, Esq., the Hatch family settled, on land bought before 1680,
by Jeremiah and Walter Hatch, of John Hanmer, being a portion of
Hanmer's Hook. Jeremiah, Isaac, and Dea. James, were in' Han-
over in 1727, and all lived in the Westerly part of the town, James
owning the saw-mill near Teague's bridge, then Hatch's bridge,
and which stood where stood the mill of Cobb & Cushing, burnt in
1852. The Hatch estate, improved as a farm, and on which was
a family burial ground, is said to have been sold in 1743, to Cor-
nelius White, then of Marshfield, and a descendant of Peregrine
White, the first male child bom in Plymouth Colony — and it has
since been in the possession of, and is yet improved by his de-
scendants.

Benjamin Hanmer, a descendant of John, who was of Scituate
in 1639, seems to have lived on some part of the hook, and I in-
fer, from scattered notes, that he was settled not far from the old
Meeting House.

In the vicinity of this Meeting House, lived the Stetsons, de-
scendants of Cornet Robert, of Scituate, a noted and valuable man
in the Colony. Matthew, Benjamin, Seth, Robert, and Samuel,
were heads of families when the town was incorporated. Tradition
says that Isaac Buck lived in the same neighborhood ; but none of
his descendants remain in the town. Probably the venerable
schoolmaster, Richard Fitzgerald, lived in the same section of the

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. 25

town ; and Thomas and John Rogers, a few of whose descendants
yet remain.

The Bates family settled in the Westerly and Southerly parts
of the town, and descended from Clement, who was of Hingham in
1636. Joseph, Solomon, Amos, and Clement were in Hanover in
1727, and a large number of their descendants still reside in the
town.

The Baileys, descendants of John, of Scituate, 1670, settled
first on Curtis Street, and afterwards principally on King Street.
Col. John and Major Luther, of Revolutionary memory, belonged
to this family, — also Dr. David, of Scituate, and others.

The Curtis family lived on Washington Street, where many of
the descendants still reside, and on Curtis, now Main Street.
Benjamin, Benjamin, jr., William, John, Elisha, Richard, Jesse,
David, Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, and Bezaleel, were in Hano-
ver before 1727.

The Turners, descendants of Humphrey, of Scituate, and
Thomas, of Hingham, settled on Curtis Street, and in the North
part of the town, in the " Snappet " neighborhood.

Joseph House lived on Curtis Street, and David, the hatter?
near T. J. Gardner's mill, on the third Herring brook.

John, Uriah, and Isaac Lambert, lived in the Northerly part of
the town. This name is extinct in Hanover.

Of the Manns, descendants of Richard the planter, who came
o«yor in— fee— -Mayflower- - m «4#3£, Benjamin was in Hanover in
1723, and owned part of a mill on Curtis Street, where he re-
sided.

Eliab Studley, a descendant of Benjamin, of Hingham, settled
on Pleasant Street; and Benoni, who was of another family, from
Sandwich, lived on Hanover Street, and his house, one of the old-
est in the town, is still standing, not far from the residence of the
late Dr. Joshua Studley.

Benjamin Bass, the first minister of the town, also lived on
Hanover Street, and his house stood near the house of William
Church.

Joseph Cornish resided near him, but no descendants are left in
the town.

3

26 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Jonathan and Othniel Pratt resided on Washington Street, near
"where Martin and Samuel S. Church now reside. A few of their
descendants yet live in the town.

Thomas Rose, a descendant of Thomas, who was in the " Two
mile" in 1660, seems to have lived near where Edwin Rose now
resides, on Hanover Street ; and Edward Brisco lived in the same
neighborhood, the plain on which his house stood being known
on old records as Brisco's Plain. If I am not mistaken, he moved
to North Carolina over a hundred years ago.

Of the Perry s, — Samuel and Joseph were early in Hanover, and
have descendants here, and in Pembroke, and other towns in the
vicinity.

William Witherell, the First Town Clerk, lived at the Four Cor-
ners, and perhaps Samuel and Daniel also. John Woodwarth, or
Woodward, lived beyond William Church's, on Hanover Street,
near Woodward hill, so called. Both these names are now extinct
in the town.

Capt. Joseph Soper, lived on what is now Union Street, back
of the house occupied by Josiah Bonney, on the hill. His de-
scendants are in Hanson.

A few other names occur on the early records, but most of
them are extinct. Of these are Henry Merritt, Ezekiel Vi-
nal, John Warren, Benjamin and John Taylor, Nathan Bourne,
Samuel Harlow, Hugh Vickery, Daniel Foster, John Stoddard,
and Recompense Tiffany ; the last of whom lived near Palmer's
Bridge.

The families of Briggs, Brooks, Barrell, Clark, Church, Cham-
berlin, Gardner, Ellis, Jacobs, Munroe, Robbins, Simmons, and
Whiting, appear on the records from 1740 to 1775. The other
names in the town are of a more recent date. Sketches of all
these families will be found in our Second Part.

In the foregoing pages, our aim has been to give a picture of
the town before the Revolution, and especially in the earlier days
of its settlement. We do not claim that our sketch is perfect ; on
the contrary, we think it highly probable that some errors will be
detected in it ; but we have sought to make it correct and reliable.
Should errors be discovered, however, we hope they will be noted,

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. 27

and that those who have it in their power to correct them, will
take the liberty so to do.

The records on which we have been obliged to rely, are scatter-
ed and fragmentary. The elders of the town are fast disappear-
ing ; and many from whom much that is valuable might have been
learned, have departed to the spirit-land. Those that remain
have been diligently consulted, and the gleamings of then' memo-
ries faithfully recorded.

CHAPTER II.

NATURAL HISTORY.

" To me be Nature's volume broad displayed,
And to peruse its all-instructing page,
Or, haply catching inspiration thence,
Some easy passage, raptured to translate ;
My sole delight, as through the tailing glooms
Pensive I stray, or with the rising dawn,
On fancy's eagle-wing excursive soar."

Thomson.

Geology of the Town — Forests, ancient and modern, with their products, value and
uses — Herbaceous Plants — Birds, &c. — Laws for their destruction, and argu-
ment for their preservation — Wild and Domestic Fruits — Ancient Sheep Hus-
bandry, and the Culture of Flax, Wheat, &c. — Materials for improving the soil
— Indications of progress.

It is an interesting fact, and one calculated to impress us with
an exalted sense of the Infinite Wisdom of our Heavenly Father,
that every square mile of the earth's surface has an aspect of its
own, and presents to us features which, though resembling in some
respects what may be elsewhere seen, are so different in others as
to give to it a distinctive character, sufficient to render it worthy
of a separate notice. Hence *very town has its own natural his-
tory. The contour of its surface, with its hills and plains ; the
quantity of its arable land, with the proportion unfit for cultivation,
and covered with rocks or water ; the extent of its forests, with the
comparative abundance, age, and size of the trees of which they
are composed ; — these, and other minuter details, which we need
not specify, give to every spot on our globe a peculiar interest in
the eyes of those most familiar with its scenery, and encircle it
with that mysterious charm which hovers around the place of our
nativity, or the home of our adoption.

Of the town of Hanover, we may briefly say that its surface is
comparatively level, — undulating in some parts, — and with a

GEOLOGY OP THE TOWN. 29

few scattered Mils, but none of any great elevation. There are
spots of highland, here and there, from which beautiful views may
be obtained of the country around, stretching away to the distance
of from twelve to twenty miles, with the Blue Hills to the North,
and Manomet to the South. On Walnut Hill is one of these
"look outs," and on a beautiful summer's day, or even in Oc-
tober, when the leaves are changing, and the forests are clothed in
their rich autumnal drapery, it is worth one's while to take a seat
in the top of a majestic pine, very easy of ascent, which stands
near the summit, and from thence to survey the attractive pic-
ture, of God's own painting, spread out before the eye ; attractive,
not only for its own diversity and beauty, but for the associations
connected with it, as compassing the home of the Pilgrims, — the
ground pressed by their feet, and watered by their blood, and hal-
lowed by their spirits which seem as if gazing, with a rapture full
equal to our own, on what was to them a consecrated soil !

Of the geology of the town, traces of diluvial action are every-
where visible, not only in the range and shape of our hills, but in
the numerous boulders of granite and greenstone, with which its
surface is covered ; some of which were evidently transported
from Hingham, and correspond with the ledges of that town, es-
pecially with the granite ledge, intersected by veins of trap,
through which the South Shore Rail Road is cut in West Hing-
ham ; — others from Cohasset, corresponding with the rocks in
situ there ; — and others from Weymouth, from the vicinity of the
Old Spain Meeting House, and the Depot at Back River.

The largest, however, are from the extensive granite beds
which underlie all but that part of the town bordering on the
North River, and which outcrop on Walnut Street, and along the
third Herring brook, and in the vicinity of Brooks's upper mill,
and on Centre Street, as may be seen by the references on the
map of the town, placed there by Mr. Whiting at the author's
suggestion. Of these boulders, some, of great size, are still nicely
poised upon the parent rock, and have been moved but a few feet
at the most. An example may be seen in the pasture land of
Rev. Robert L. Killam, on Walnut Street.

Along the North River, a grauwacke formation occurs, which
extends North-westerly through Hanson and Abington; and in

30 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

the latter town, near the residence of Benjamin Hobart, Esq., ex-
plorations have been made for coal, but not with sufficient success,
in the estimation of Mr. Hobart, to warrant a continuance of the
enterprise. Undoubtedly coal exists in the whole of this forma-
tion, but at such a depth, and mixed, especially in its upper beds,
with so large a per centage of the carburet of iron, that it will not
for a long time, if ever, be wrought with profit. Even in the
grauwacke of Rhode Island, where explorations for coal are now
in progress, near the Blackstone river, and about three miles from
Pawtucket, and where an article of much better quality than for-
merly, is being raised, the depth of the shafts is over 300 feet, and
the expense of conducting the work is so great, that it absorbs
nearly if not quite all the materiel which is sold.

Specimens of crystallised quartz, though not of great beauty,
are frequently found in the Westerly and Southerly parts of the
town, wThere quartz boulders occur. The author has one lump of
considerable size, in which the crystals radiate from a central nu-
cleus, apparently of grey quartz, in a stellar form, — the crystals
themselves being white or cream colored, and slightly tinged with
the oxide of iron. Specimens of earthy chlorite, the granules of
which are green, and often of a triangular form when seen through
a magnifier, occur in the same localities. A peculiar kind of fer-
ruginous asbestiform quartz, called by the people "petrified
chips" also occurs somewhat abundantly near the North River,
with bituminous shale ; and in the rock near Perry's Tack Fac-
tory, is a vein of ochrey broivn oxide of iron, nearly a foot wide ;
and there are traces of the earthy oxide of manganese, on the bank
of the river.

Micaceous oxide of iron, in small quantity, is found in the
granite region, and sometimes handsome specimens of porphyry
may be obtained, in which the crystals of feldspar are white, large,
and quite numerous. The hydrate or bog iron, of fair quality,
and yielding a considerable per centage when smelted, may be
found in most of our low grounds, especially near the water cour-
ses, as at Iron Mine Brook, and in alluvial tracts.2 Hydrate of
Silica is also common in the low grounds, with peat.

i Bog iron was formerly carted from near the " Cricket Hole," to the
Drinkwater works.

FORESTS. 31

Clay occurs on Walnut Hill, and bricks were made there sixty
years ago, by Dea. Benjamin Mann. In this clay are rarely dis-
seminated crystals of selenite, and specimens of nodular argillace-
ous iron ore. Some years since, and in the days when less was
known of geology than now, a search for the precious metals was
made in one part of the town, and quite a California fever raged
for a season. A few crystals of quartz were obtained ; and when
the little cubical blocks of suljJiuret of iron, which have deceived
so many, made their appearance, glittering in the sun, and of a
golden yellow, they were seized with avidity, and the miners
thought their fortune was made.

At a still earlier period, when physical science was rarely stud-
ied even by the learned, divining by the hazel rod, and by the
stone in the hat, which made the universe transparent, taught
sapient divines, as well as astute laymen, that beneath the surface
treasures vast were within their grasp, and could be easily obtain-
ed ! But the only treasure that has thus far been dug from our
soil, is the plent iful crop which the plough and the hoe have
brought forth.

The forests of Hanover, which cover a large part of its territo-
ry, are extensive and valuable ; and here are found trees of the
kinds most common in our State, as the white, swamp white, grey,
red, scarlet, yellow bark, and bear or " ragged plain " Oak ; the
upland and swamp Elm ; the crabbed Hornbeam ; the pignut and
shellbark Hickory ; the white, the black, and the yellow Birch ; the
fragrant Sassafras, an article of commerce two centuries ago ; the
common white maple ; the tremulous Poplar ; the majestic Beech ;
the white and the black Ash ; the spine-leaved Holly ; the Wych-
Elm, or Iron Wood, as some term it ; the verdant Hemlock ; the
tall Spruce ; the white and the red Cedar ; and the white, yellow,
and pitch Pine.

White Birch is a wood of rapid growth, and is fit to cut once in
:welve or fifteen years. Oak, Maple, Birch, and Walnut, may be
cut once in from twenty-five to thirty-five years. Pines attain to
a considerable size in thirty years, and some trees, with that
growth upon them, are large enough for board logs. The Cedar,
the Hemlock, and the Spruce, are of a slower growth and cannot
usually be cut oftener than once in about sixty years.

32 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

There are large tracts of Cedar Swamp in the Westerly part of
the town, the wood from which is valuable for posts and rails, and
if of good quality, for the manufacture of tubs, piggins, pails and
churns.

Several hundred cords of pine, called rare-ripes, are annually
carted to Hingham, for the use of the coopers, to be made into the
pails, firkins, dumbetty tubs, and other articles of wooden ware for
which that place is so famous. Crocker Wilder & Co., are the
most extensive purchasers, and the largest manufacturers, though
the business is carried on, more or less, all over that town.

Nearly a half million feet of boards are also sawed annually, —
mostly pine, — the half -inch stuff being used chiefly for the manu-
facture of shoe-boxes, and trunks ; — a business extensively car-
ried on at Shepherd's Factory, in Pembroke, at the steam mill of
Mr. John Jones, in South Scituate, at the workshop of Mr. John
Gross, in the same town, and at several establishments in Hanover,
especially on Whiting Street.

Cedar and pine shingles are sawed at Brooks's upper mill, and
at the mill owned by Mr. Nahum Stetson, on Pleasant Street.

There is a ready market for from two to three hundred cords
of pine wood, annually, at the brick-yard of Mr. Edward Jacobs,
in South Scituate. Oak, maple, and other kinds of hard wood,
find a market principally in Hingham, Abington, and Weymouth.
Charcoal is manufactured to a considerable extent every year by
Mr. Ethan Perry, on Main Street. Ship-timber is saleable at
Scituate harbor, and at the yards on the North River, though the
quantity cut is not very large. Oak and maple butts are sold to
the coopers, at Hingham, and plank to the wheelwrights of Hano-
ver and Scituate. Our farmers engage in the lumbering business
more or less every winter ; and it not only furnishes steady em-
ployment for their teams, but a fertile field for the exercise of
their own industry, and a by no means unfruitful source of ad-
dition to their income.

It is sometimes asserted that the quantity of wood in the town
is not so great as it was fifty or seventy five years ago ; and it may
be, and doubtless is true, that trees of great size, and of an old
growth are diminishing, though there are still " not a few " left.
But as much, if not more territory is now covered with forests, —

FORESTS. 33

many fields and pastures having been left to grow to wood, and
pieces which were planted within the memory of the living, and on
which the Indian hills are yet visible, are covered with trees from
fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter. Indeed, we think we may
safely say, that there is a supply left sufficient for home consump-
tion for several generations ; and at least for one century, even if
the demand is as brisk as now, no apprehensions of an entire failure
in this supply need be entertained.

It was probably the custom of the early settlers of New Eng-
land, as it is of the emigrants of different nations who are peopling
the Western States, to make clearings by cutting the trees upon
those tracts designed for cultivation, and heaping the trunks and
limbs into one vast pile, which was set on fire, and burned to ash-
es ; and this process as at present conducted, is termed " burning
the fallow."

It is quite certain that the forest trees which stood on our soil
two hundred years ago, were much larger than any that are seen
in our day, and doubtless approximated in size the monarchs of
the Mississippi valley. The author has seen, in the State of Illi-
nois, red oaks four feet in diameter, and black walnuts five feet
through ; and in the low, rich bottom lands, the cotton-wood trees
grow to a great height and size, their tops appearing to pierce the
clouds. But farther west, on the borders of the Pacific, in Cali-
fornia and Oregon, travellers, upon whose veracity we can rely,
inform us that the trees are of a still larger growth, and that pines
are found there three hundred feet high ! l It is not uncommon to
find pine trees in Hanover, one hundred feet high, and from three
and one half to four feet in diameter. These are old trees ; —
but our old men tell me that in their boyhood, the trees were still
larger, and Cedars and Oaks were found from three to four feet
through !

We are not to infer, however, that the fertility of the soil, or its
capacity for the production of such trees is exhausted ; for were
the forests now standing left undisturbed for two centuries to come,
and could we then look upon the scene which they would present
to our view, we should have a picture of New England as it was

i I have heard of one Pine thirty feet in diameter, and one hundred feet
from the ground to the first limb.

34 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

seen by the Pilgrims, and the primeval aspect of our hills and
plains would be restored, and the deer and the wolf be once more
seen in the land.

The Indians disturbed not often the vegetation of the country
they inhabited. Their axes of stone, were not so well fitted as
our keen-edged tools of steel for felling trees. Hence the forests
continued to grow, from age to age, furnishing lairs for the wild
beasts, and favorite resorts for herds of deer, and countless multi-
tudes of wild fowls which lodged in their branches.

Of the herbaceous plants described by Bigelow, in his Plants of
Boston, the author has found over three hundred species in the
town of Hanover, and probably more might be discovered were the
whole of its territory explored. Of the flowerless plants, as the
mosses, the lichens, the ferns, and the fungi, we have also a large
number of species, some of which are not only rare, but exceeding-
ly beautiful. Indeed, our little municipality is by no means an
uninteresting field for botanical researches, and several plants are
common here, and in Scituate, which are less frequently met with
in other towns in the State ; as the Kalmia latifolia, or Mountain
Laurel, which in June is covered with a multitude of rich and fra-
grant blossoms; — the Epigaia repens, or Mayflower, a sweet-
scented, and modest little plant, blossoming early in April, and
which was probably the first plant seen in bloom by the pilgrims
the spring after they landed, — whence its name; — and the Py-
rola maculata, or spotted pyrola, with its zebra-striped leaves,
peeping out from the dry and mouldering vegetation scattered
every fall around in the forest.

The author has taken great pleasure in rambling through woods
and swamps, and over pastures and meadows, at all seasons of the
year, in quest of flowers ; and seldom has he made an excursion
without learning something new ; either discovering fresh locali-
ties, or returning laden with more beautiful specimens, or with
plants of a different species from any that had been previously met
with in his walks. But wo to the luckless wight who, in such
strolls, comes in contact, all unconsciously perhaps, with the poi-
sonous ivy, in scaling stone walls, or the malignant dogwood, in
threading his way through the swamps ; for swollen features, and
days of pain will be the portion of those who imbibe the venom of

DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS, ETC. 35

these plants through the po*es of the skin, or inhale it through
the lungs ! And blessed are they who can handle with impunity
these usually annoying " subjects of the vegetable kingdom. "

In the earlier days of our Country's history, deer and wild cats,
and even bears and wolves were found in all our forests, and
ducks, and geese, and crows, and blue jays, and other birds, were
far more numerous than now ; — so much so that laws were passed,
and bounties offered, to aid in extirpating those which were most
destructive, or from which danger was apprehended. Deer were
protected, however ; and December 13, 1739, in Hanover, Dea.
James Hatch and William Curtis were chosen " to look after the
Deer that none are killed and destroyed contrary to law." But
wild-cats, and many birds were doomed. Thus, March 1, 1732-
3, there was paid to Joseph Bates, Solomon Bates, Stephen Tor-
rey, John Woodworth, Benjamin Curtis, Ebenezer Curtis, and
others, each 20s. for " killing wild cats ;" and in 1738, 40s. a
head were voted for killing them, and in 1744, <£3 each was voted
to be paid for every one killed in Hanover or Abington.

In 1736-7, <£6, 18s. were voted to different persons for killing
" birds and squirals ; " and in 1740, 3d. a head was voted for
" killing black birds, squirals, jay birds, chuits, read thrashers
and wood-peckers."

In 1773, a bounty of Is. a head was granted for killing crows,
and 2d. a head for crow blackbirds, and ground or red squirrels,
the head to be shown as proof of the killing. The bounty on
crows continued to be paid so late as 1837.

In 1836, the Legislature of the State offered a bounty on kill-
ing foxes, and throughout the State a destructive warfare was
waged against them. In Hanover, 13 were killed, for which a
bounty was received. l

Of the policy of such regulations, every one must judge for
himself. For our own part, whilst we admit the propriety of de-
stroying wolves, wild cats, racoons, skunks, and beasts of the like
nature, we are free to own that in our opinion, the jay, and the
wood-pecker, and the red thrasher, and the blackbird, and even
the crow, though they do much mischief, and are less melodious

i Sen. Doc. No. 32, 1837, and No. 45, 1838.

36 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

singers than some others, pay their Way, and deserve to be pro-
tected, for preserving our trees and vegetables, from the ravages
of insects and field mice, which increase just in the ratio that birds
diminish.

The crow is by no means an uninteresting bird. True he is a
rogue, and wants watching, — but he will devour scores of grubs
in a day, and save more corn for the harvest, than he steals in the
seed. Let all the birds live, to enliven our forests ! Let the rob-
in come to our door-yards, and pick up the crumbs ; and if he
does steal a few cherries, we take more from the trees !

To rise at break of day, and hear these sweet warblers breath-
ing forth their morning hymn; — the prelude by the robin, and
the chorus swelled by the trill of the oriole, the scream of the jay,
the hawk, and the wood-pecker, and the distant cawing of the crow,
with the solo of the bobolink, and the symphony of the peewit,
or chickadee ; and at mid-clay, to hear in the stillness of noon, the
chant of the cuckoo, or the plaintive call of the cat-bird, and the
chattering of the striped, red, grey, and flying squirrels, as they
skip from tree to tree ; and at night, to hear the whippoorwills com-
plaint : — all these to me, are sweet and pleasant sounds ; — and
even the flight of the butterfly, the note of the bee, and the hum
of the locust, with at eventide the chirp of the cricket, the radiance
of the glow-worm, or that mimic lightning, flashing out with inces-
sant scintillations from the multitude of fire flies hovering over field
and meadow ; — all have charms for my spirit, and lead me to
adore the wisdom and goodness of Him who has made everything
beautiful in its time, and who is good unto all, and whose tender
mercies are over all his works.

Of the agricultural interests of Hanover, we think we may truly
say that the farmers of this section are beginning to manifest a
commendable spirit of progress and improvement, and fine crops of
corn, rye, potatoes and hay, are raised in favorable seasons. Of
wild fruits, we have the usual variety. Grapes are abundant in
the woods, and cranberries in the meadows. Whortleberries,
strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries, too, are abundant ; and
in the summer months, when a vacation is given to our school
children, they may be seen daily in groups wending their way to

DOMESTIC FRUITS. 37

the pastures and woods, with baskets, or tin kettles, or barks on
their arms, their merry voices striking like sweet music on the pa-
rent's ear, and returning with their luscious offerings to the domes-
tic shrine, which, served with baked apples and milk, furnish a
dish so luxurious that we doubt whether Queen Victoria, or the
Emp3ror Nicholas, or any other monarch or prince, of ancient or
modern times, ever tasted a better, or ate one more palatable,
nourishing, and innocent.

Considerable attention is beginning to be paid to the raising of
domestic fruits, and plantations of the apple, and peach are be-
coming quite common ; and even the pear, the quince, and the
cherry, with the smaller fruits, including the currant and goose-
berry, are not wholly neglected ; though much remains to be done
before public attention will be thoroughly awakened to these mat-
ters, and every farm will be supplied with fruit of all kinds, in
rich abundance, both for summer and winter use.

The famous high-top-sweeting , an apple which is a native of
Plymouth County, ripe in September, of a medium size, golden
yellow, and meliow and juicy, is not so common as it was when
our fathers were young. Orchards of these trees were then quite
numerous. But the crabbed, sour apples with which they were
accompanied, and which caused the cider press to shriek in agony
as the teeth of the cog-wheels met and crunched them, and whose
juice was vinegar almost as soon as expressed, have given place to
the Baldwin, the Greening, the Roxbury Russet, the Spitzenberg,
the Early Harvest, the Yellow Bough, and the many other varie-
ties of far more palatable fruits, which characterise the present
age. Nurseries, too, are being established here, and in adjoining
towns, which are doing an increasing business, in the sale of trees
to our own citizens and others.

The Pratt Bare Ripe, is an excellent seedling peach, a native
of this town, raised by Mr. B. C. Pratt, who resides about one
half a mile from the Four Corners ; and it is not only hardy and
prolific, but seems to be almost entirely exempt from that common
scourge, — the yellows, — which destroys so many of our finest trees.

There was a time in the history of the town, when all our far-
mers kept their flocks of sheep, and raised, and spun their own

38 HISTORY OP HANOVER.

wool, and made their own cloth ; and the hum of the wheel, and
the clatter of the loom, tended by the goodwife, were heard in
about every dwelling. Indeed, such was the esteem in which this
branch of industry was held, that in 1782, the town " made choyce
of Caleb Barker and Thomas Josselyun as agents to draw up a
Town act for the Regulation of Rames" to prevent them from
running at large, to the injury of the flocks.

It is to be borne in mind, that farms of from two to four hun-
dred acres, and even more, were owned by many of our townsmen
then, and hence the range of pasturage was such that sheep could
be kept to good advantage. But it is now rare to find farms con-
taining even one hundred acres. Hence sheep are kept by but
few ; and the loom and the spinning wheel, with but rare excep-
tions are mouldering in the garret, or have long since been cut up
into fire wood to heat the oven on baking days ; — and the daugh-
ters of our farmers, and even the mothers, for the most part, spend
their time either in fitting shoes, or in the manufacture of coarse
garments for the ready made clothing establishments of Boston. —
The flocks have gone to the hills of New Hampshire and Vermont,
or to the prairies of the West, and the wool is sent to our exten-
sive factories, at Lowell and elsewhere, to be converted into car-
pets and rugs for our floors, or shawls and cle-laines for the ladies
wear, or broa$ cloths and cassimeres for the men.

Flax was also an article to whose cultivation considerable atten-
tion was once paid; and the smaller wheels, upon which linen thread
was spun, of which the snow white table cloths, and sheetings and
shirtings were made, which constituted, so important a part of the
outfit of the new housekeeper, have not been laid aside over thirty
years. The hatchel^ and swingling-hiife, alas ! are numbered,
forever, we fear, with the things that were but are not !

Doubtless these changes are all for the best, when rightly viewed.
Occasionally we hear lamentable jeremiads upon the degener-
acy of the times, and complaints that the simplicity of former days
has entirely vanished, and that strength, and vigor, and power of
endurance, are likewise departing from our sons and daughters,
who are rising up around us a puny race, wholly unfit for the
storms and tempests of life.

But we long since learned to look at the world, not from the

CULTURE OF WHEAT. 39

deceptive position with, which the imagination is ever inclined to
invest the past, hut from that broader stand-point which looks at
man, not as a beast of burden alone, having a body to feed and a
back to clothe, but as an intellectual and a moral being, capable of
unlimited advancement in that exalted career which God has
marked out for him, and of making continued improvements,
tending not only to increase his physical comforts, but to open the
way for nobler pursuits and purer joys, in the expansion of the
mind, and the cultivation of the heart.

. About fourteen years ago, or in 1838, the Committee on Agri-
culture made a report to the Legislature, in favor of " allowing a
bounty on the production of Wheat," ' which led to the passage
of a law granting such bounty, and to the publication, by order
of the Legislature, of a valuable report " on the cultivation of
Spring Wheat," from the pen of the lamented Henry Colman. 2
In 1839, from the " Abstract of the returns of the bounties paid
for Wheat," Hanover is represented by six claimants, who rais-
ed 101 bushels, and received a bounty of $12.55. Mr. Colman,
the Commissioner, in his return for 1840, states that these six
claimants sowed 11 J acres, and that the average yield was 9 bush
els per acre. The several crops were 14 bushels, 10f bushels,
and four of 7 J bushels. Samuel House was one of the claimants,
and his certificate is the only one I find on file in the Town Clerk's
office. The largest crop was obtained by the application of 12
loads of compost from the yard. The crop is said to have suffer-
ed from the drought. 4 In 1840, there were two claimants from
Hanover, who raised 38J bushels, and received $4.43. 5 But
this experiment was not attended with all the results which its
sanguine friends desired. Perhaps it was too soon abandoned. —
At all events, it developed important facts, and taught us clearly,
as the returns show, that there are sections of the State, and es-
pecially the Western Counties, in the limestone region of Berk-
shire and Franklin, where wheat can be raised successfully and
profitably.

The materials for improving the soil in Hanover, and increas-

1 House Doc. No. 12. 1838. 4 Senate Doc. No. 36.1840.

2 Senate Doc. No. 77. 1838. 5 Senate Doc. No. 25. 1841.

3 House Doc. No. 40. 1839.

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40 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

ing our crops, are probably as abundant, and can be as easily ob-
tained, as in any of the adjoining towns ; and the natural re-
sources are as great and as available. In our low grounds are
vast deposites of decaying vegetable matter, the accumulation of
ages, in the form of peat, and muck, and beds of leaves, all of
which are useful as manures, and of excellent quality and incalcu-
lable value when judiciously composted, and liberally applied.

By the drainage of our meadows, too, and more skill on the up-
land, the produce of the soil might be easily doubled in a very few
years, and the wealth of our citizens proportionally increased.
We need a more enlightened industry in all our towns, to secure
the highest results. Intelligent labor is as applicable in farming
and quite as advantageous, as in any branch of human enterprise.
And when it is borne in mind by our citizens, that we have no rail
road, with its freight trains, running through the place ; that the
old line of Plymouth stages which daily passed the Four Corners
is discontinued ; and that ship-building has shifted its quarters to
the vicinity of Boston ; it will be at once apparent, that our chief
dependance for the future must be upon the soil and its produc-
tions. And though our Mills, and Forges, and Tack Factories,
and Boot and Shoe Establishments, may do much to develope our
industry, and increase our wealth, yet the earth is our great nurs-
ing-mother, and from her prolific bosom must we draw our nour-
ishment, and our means of support.

Assiduous labor in this direction, accompanied by persevering
effort, and enlightened skill, will enable us to keep pace with the
towns around us ; so that Hanover will continue to be, as in the
past, respectable for the industry, the enterprise, and the intelli-
gence of its citizens. And what has been accomplished within the
past twenty five years, should be an encouragement to us to con-
tinue to progress. Houses were then unpainted, and the walls,
for the most part covered with shingles ; — and many were but
half-finished within, and but few were carpeted. Barns were
mere hovels, without cellars, with the wind whistling through
every crack. Now, almost every house is neatly finished and
painted, and well furnished Within ; and our barns are being re-
built, of fair proportions, with the walls shingled, and with large
cellars. Improved implements of husbandry have been introduced,

CULTURE OP WHEAT. 41

and land, though divided into small fields, is much better tilled
and the produce of hundreds of acres has been greatly increased.
The smallness of our fields, however, is partly a matter of
necessity, to make room in the walls, for the stones which are
cleared from the surface.

To complete our sketch, we should perhaps add, that several of
our townsmen are engaged in driving cattle, sheep, and swine,
every spring and fall, for the supply of this and other towns ; and
the size and power of our oxen, the milking quality of our cows,
the fattening properties of our hogs, and the speed of our horses,
have all partaken of the changes which have been made in other
respects.

Onward seems to be New England's motto, and the spirit of
improvement, now so generally diffused, will eventually bless every
home, and will tend, in the Providence of God, to make the future
richer in comfort, and a scene of higher advancement, than any
thing we have dreamed of, or which we have even thought it pos-
sible to attain. v^C

3 (fUBU

CHAPTER III.

INDIANS .

" Indulge, my native land, indulge the tear

That steals, impassioned o'er a nation's doom,
To me, each twig from Adam's stock is near,

And sorrows fall upon an Indian's tomb. " Dwight.

Names of the seven principal tribes — Chi katabut's possessions — Indian Deed of
Scituate — Manners and customs of the natives — Stature, clothing, money,
weapons, dwellings, food, &c — Dishes at the first meeting of the Old Colony
Club— Philip's War— Reminiscenses of the Indians of Hanover — Changes
which have taken place since those days.

Previous to the settlement of New England by the white race,
the whole country was in the possession of the Indians, who were
very numerous, until reduced by a great war, and by a devastat-
ing sickness, which some have supposed was the plague, others the
small pox, and others the yellow fever, and which took place about
the year 1617. Early voyagers speak of " countless multitudes "
seen by them when they visited the country. Smith, who took
his survey in 1614, says, — " the seacoast as you pass, shows you
all along, large cornfields and great troupes of well proportioned
people." Gookin enumerates 18,000 warriors, in five nations, and
some have computed that, in all, there were at least 25,000 war-
riors, and 100,000 people.

According to Lechford, they were governed by Sachems, Kings,
and Sagamores, or petty lords, and were divided into several great
nations, each of which consisted of many tribes. Seven of these
nations are named in New England, viz : — 1, the warlike Taran-
tines, under Nultonanit, who were in the Eastern part of Maine,
beyond the Penobscot river ; — 2, the Chur-churs, under
Bashaba, from the Penobscot to the Piscataqua ; — 3, the Paw-
tuckets, numbering 3000 warriors, under Nanapashemet, whose
dominion reached from the Piscataqua to the river Charles, and

DESTRUCTION BY SICKNESS. 43

extended north, as far as Concord, on the Merrimac ; — 4, the
Wampanoags, divided into 32 tribes, and numbering 3000 war-
riors, who were ruled by Massasoit, a sachem of great power, but
who was ever a friend to the English, and whose dominion was in
the Southeastern part of Massachusetts, from Cape Cod, to Narra-
ganset Bay ; — 5, the Narragansets, numbering 5000 warriors, and
governed by Canonicus and Miantonimo, who lived in Rhode Is-
land on the west of Narraganset Bay ; — 6, the Pequots, num-
bering 4000 fighting men, under Sassacus, a name of terror, who
dwelt in Connecticut ; — and 7, the Massachusetts, so named from
the Blue Hills at Milton, numbering 3000 warriors, under Chik-
atabut, whose territory extended from Nishamagoguanett, near
Duxbury mill, to Titicut, near Taunton, and to Nuckatateset, now
Nippenicket, a pond in the Southwest part of Bridgwater, ad-
joining Raynham, — and from thence in a straight line to Wanam-
ampuke, or Whiting's Pond in Wrentham. 1

The latter tribe owned the land around Hanover, and their
sachem, Chikatabut, was one of the nine who, on the 13th Septem-
ber, 1621, subscribed at Plymouth, the Articles of Submission to
King James, 2 and he, with many of his people, died of the small
pox, in 1633, and was succeeded by his son Josias Wampatuck.

The Pilgrims were well aware of the diminution of the Indians,
by war and sickness, before their arrival. Their charter from King
James states "that he had been given certainly to knowe, that
within these late years there hath, by God's visitation, raigned a
wonderfule plague, together with many horrible slaughters and
murthers, committed amongst the savages and brutish people
there heertofore inhabiting, in a manner to the utter destruction,
devastacion and depopulacion of that whole territorye,so that there
is not left, for many leagues together hi a manner, any that doe
claime or challenge any kind of interests therein." *

This circumstance, — the death of the savages, — was doubtless
favorable to the Pilgrim band, and contributed greatly to their
peaceful and permanent settlement. Our fathers, however, ac-

i Lewis's Hist. Lynn, p. 45. Drake's Indians, Book II. Thacher's Ply-
mouth, p. 363. N. E. Gen. Reg. 3, 332. Hobart's Abington, p. 23, &c.

2 Morton's Memorial, Ed. 1772, p. 33.

l Hazard's Hist. Coll. 1, \05, quoted in Drake's Book of the Indians, p.
11, Book U. Also Plym. Col. Laws, p. 3.

44 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

knowledge*! an Indian title to the soil, which consisted chiefly in
a privilege of free fishing, trapping, and hunting ; and this title,
they considered themselves bound lawfully to extinguish, by pur-
chase or otherwise.

They did not, therefore, seize with violence the possessions of
the red race. Their rights were generally respected. And the
Indian deeds wThich have descended to us, are not only valuable to
the antiquary, but are living mementos of our father's honor, and
convincing proofs that they were willing to render some equivalent
for whatever they received.

The land comprised within the limits of Scituate and Hanover,
together with the tract called the " Two Miles," was purchased of
Josias Wampatuck, and the deed, which bears date " Plymouth,
June 1653," reads as follows :

" I Josias Wampatuck do acknowledge and confess that I have
sold two tracts of land unto Mr. Timothv Hatherlv, Mr. James
Cudworth, Mr. Joseph Tilden, Humphrey Turner, William Hatch,
John Hoar, and James Torrey, for the proper use and behoof of
the Town of Scituate, to be enjoyed by them according to the
true intents of the English grants : The one parsel of such land
is bounded from the mouth of the North River as that River goeth
to the Indian head River, from thence as that River goeth unto
the Pond at the head of that River, and from the pond at the head
of the Indian head River upon a straight line unto the middle of
Accord Pond : from Accord Pond, by the line set by the Com-
missioners as the bounds betwixt the two jurisdictions, untill it meet
with the line of the land sold by me unto the sharers of Conihas-
set, and as that line runs between the Town and the shores, untill
it cometh unto the sea : and so along by the sea unto the mouth
of the North River aforesaid. The other parcell of land lying on
the easterly side of the North River, begins at a lot which was
sometime the land of John Ford, and so to ran two miles south-
erly as the River runs, and a mile in breadth towards the east, for
which parcell of land, I do acknowledge to have received of the
men whose names are before mentioned, fourteen pounds in full
satisfaction, in behalf of the inhabitants of the town of Scituate as
aforesaid ; and I do hereby promise and engage to give such
further evidence before the Governor as the Town of Scituate

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 45

shall think meet, when I am thereunto required ; in witness
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in presence of

Nathaniel Morton, ) Josias Wampatuck

Edward Hawes, > his {xj mark

Samuel Nash, )

At the same time when Josias made acknowledgment as above
mentioned, there was a Deed brought into Court which he owned
to be the Deed which he gave to them whose names are above
specified for the said lands, and that he had not given them
another ; which deed was burnt in presence of the Court.

Nathaniel Morton, Secretary

The manners and customs of the Indians have been painted by
some writers in glowing colors; but, viewing their condition as
sober reason presents it to our view, it cannot be regarded as en-
viable or desirable. True, they were free ; roamed the land at
will ; ate of its fruits as spontaneously produced, spending but lit-
tle time in the cultivation of their maize and roots ; and lived
chiefly by hunting and fishing. But this, though usually a fertile
supply, often failed, through indolence, and other causes, so that
they knew the gnawings of hunger, and the distress of famine.
The different tribes, too, were freqently at war with each other ;
and the amenities of life, and the kindlier feelings of the heart
were but little cultivated, and were even lightly esteemed. Stern
endurance, and unshrinking submission to the fiercest tortures,
were regarded as the principal virtues, and he was the greatest
hero, who had taken the most scalps, and slain the most enemies
in battle.

In their persons, the Indians were not taller than the white race.
Wood, in his New England's Prospect, published in 1633, de-
scribes them as " black haired, out nosed, broad shouldered,
brawny armed, long and slender handed, out breasted, small
waisted, lank bellied, well thighed, flat kneed, handsome grown
legs, and small feet.',

Josselynn, also, in his New England's Rarities, says of the
women, " many of them have very good features, seldom without
a come-to-me in their countenance, all of them black eyed, having

1 Deane'a Scituate, p. 144.

46 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

even, snort teeth, and very white, their hair black, thick and long,
broad breasted, handsome straight bodies and slender, their limbs
cleanly straight, generally plump as a partridge, and saving now
and then one, of a modest deportment. " '

It was their constant practice to oil their bodies and face with
fat of bears and eagles, and to paint the face with various fantastic
colors, as red, black, and white ; — and though this smearing of
the person may have seemed beautiful in their eyes, yet it must
have given to them any thing but an agreeable odor, in a warm
day, or in a close apartment ! 2 The dress of the men was the skin
of a deer or wolf, though generally they were naked, except a
slight covering around the waist. The women wore robes of
beaver skin, with sleeves of deer skin, dressed, and drawn with lines
of different colors into ornamental figures. Some wore a short
mantle of trading cloth, — blue, or red, — fastened with a knot under
the chin, and girt around the waist with a zone ; their buskins
fringed with feathers, and a fillet around their heads, which were
often adorned with plumes. The moccasins, worn by both sexes,
were made of skins, and their snow-shoes were ingeniously con-
structed for winter's use. The men considered labor as deo-rading
to them, and maintained that " squaws and hedge hogs were made
to scratch the ground," and called the white people "much fool to
spoil their women by keeping them from out door labor and mak-
ing them lazy squaws." The women, therefore, were held in
abject servitude, and compelled to do all the drudgery, — as plant-
ing, harvesting, and carrying burdens, — while their lords lolled
listlessly around, smoking, or recounting their warlike exploits.

Their money was made of shells, and was of two kinds, the
wampum peagy or white, and the suckauJioc, or black ; the latter
being twice as valuable as the former. Roger Williams, in his
Key, says " one fathom of this, their stringed money, is worth five
shillings." Josselynn, speaking of these beads, which were their
money, says, the one is their gold, and the other their silver.
" These they work out of certain shells, so cunningly that neither

1 Lewis's Lynn, p. 53.

2 It has been suggested to me, that a custom similar to the above, prevails
in Eastern nations, and that the practice of oiling the body, is considered
conducive to health.

WEAPONS, HOUSES, ETC. 47

Jew nor Devil can counterfeit. They drill and string them, and
make curious works "with them, to adorn the persons of their Saga-
mores and principal men, and young women, as belts, girdles,
tablets, borders for their women's hair, bracelets, necklaces, and
links to hang in their ears. Prince Philip, a little before I came
away for England, ( 1671,) coming to Boston, had a coat on and
buskins set thick with these beads, in pleasant wild works, and a
broad belt of the same ; his accoutrements were valued at <£20."

Their war weapons, were bows, arrows, and tomahawks. The
bows, which were strong and elastic, were made of walnut or ash,
and strung with sinews of deer or moose. With these they could
throw an arrow to a great distance, and strike any object desired
with remarkable precision.

Their arrows were made of elder, feathered with the quills of
eagles, and pointed with sharp stones wrought for the purpose, or
with bones, or eagle's claws. Their tomahawks, were of an oblong
form, sharpened to an edge, and fixed to the handle by a withe,
passed around the groove, formed at the head, or blunt part of the
weapon.

Their houses, or wigwams, were rude structures, made of poles
or young saplings, set round in the form of a cone, and covered
with bark or mats, the smoke passing out at the top. In winter,
one great house, built with more care, served for the accommo-
dation of many.

They had two kinds of boats, called canoes ; the one made of a
pine log, twenty to sixty feet in length, burnt and scraped out
with shells ; the other of birch bark, very light, and very pretty.
Their fishing lines were made of wild hemp, equal to the finest
twine, and fish bones were used for hooks.

Their chief objects of cultivation were corn, beans, pumpkins,
squashes, and melons, — all of which are indigenous plants, —
which were tended by the women. Their fields were cleared by
burning the trees and brush in the autumn. Their season for
planting, was when the leaves of the oak were as large as the ear
of a mouse ; and from this arose the rule of the first settlers,

" When the white oak trees look goslin grey,
Plant then, be it April, June or May."

The corn was hoed with large clam shells, or the shoulder-bone of

48 * HISTORY OP HANOVER.

.a moose or deer, fixed to a handle, and harvested in cellars dug
in the ground, and covered with mats.

Their food, says Gookin, in his Historical Collections of the
Indians in New England, " is generally boiled maize, or Indian
corn, mixed with kidney beans, or sometimes without. Also they
frequently boil in this pottage fish and flesh of all sorts, either new
taken or dried, as shads, eels, alewives, or a kind of herring, or
any other sort of fish. But they dry mostly those sorts before
mentioned. These they cut in pieces, bones and all, and boil
them in the aforesaid pottage. Also they boil in this fermenty all
sorts of flesh they take in hunting, as venison, beaver, bear's flesh,
moose, otters, rackoons, or any kind that they take in hunting,
cutting their flesh in small pieces, and boiling it as aforesaid.
Also they mix with the said pottage several sorts of roots, as Jeru-
salem artichokes, and ground nuts, and other roots, and pompions,
and squashes, and also several sorts of nuts or masts, as oak-
acorns, chestnuts, walnuts ; these, husked and dried, and pow-
dered, they thicken their pottage therewith. Also sometimes they
beat their maize into meal, and sift it through a basket, made for
that purpose. With this meal they make bread, baking it in the
ashes, covering the dough with leaves. Sometimes they make of
their meal a small sort of cakes and boil them. They make also
a certain sort of meal of parched maize ; this meal they call
nokake. It is so sweet, toothsome, and hearty, that an Indian
will travel many days with no other food but this meal, which he
eateth as he needs, and after it drinketh water. And for this
end, when they travel a journey or go a hunting, they carry this
nokake in a basket or bag for their use."

Many of the old Indian dishes are still well known, and in
common use in the country ; as for instance, samp, made of whole
corn, boiled with ashes to remove the hull, and eaten with milk ; —
hominy, made of corn coarsely pounded and boiled ; — and hasty
pudding, made of corn ground fine and boiled ; — succatash, made
of corn and beans boiled together; — baked pumpkins, eaten with
milk ; — boiled and roasted ears of green corn ; — parched corn,
— and were this ground and made into a pudding and eaten with

i Thacher's Plymouth, p. 182, and his Sketch of the Indians. See also
Lewis's History of Lynn, Drake's Book of the Indians, &c.

philip's war. 49

milk, it would be luscious ; — and last, not least, wlwrtleberry
cakes. To this, if we add, a cake made of strawberries and
parched corn, we have quite a variety of dishes, all of which are
good and palatable.

The Old Colony Club, at its first celebration of the Landing of
the Forefathers, held Dec. 22, 1769, in remembrance of ^he
simplicity of early days, provided for their entertainment on the
occasion, " 1, a large baked Indian whortleberry pudding ; 2, a
dish of sauquetash, ( succatash, corn and beans boiled together ) ;
3, a dish of clams ; 4, a dish of oysters and a dish of cod fish ;
5, a haunch of venison, roasted by the first Jack brought to the
Colony ; 6, a dish of sea-fowl ; 7, a dish of frost fish and eels ;
8, an apple pie ; and 9, a course of cranberry tarts, and cheese
made in the Old Colony."1

That the early settlers of our State experienced much trouble
from the Indian tribes, every one knows who is acquainted with
the history of those times. The bloodiest contest, was that known
as Philip's War, which commenced in 1676. In this, the inhabit-
ants of the territory of Hanover, then inhabitants of Scituate,
suffered their part, in common with the rest of the people in the
vicinity.

We do not propose to enter at large into the events of this war,
as we have nothing new to add to what is already known. We
shall present a few details, pertaining principally to the immediate
subject of our sketch.

In was in 1674, that the Colony Court began to make serious
preparations for the rumored war with Philip, which was soon
expected to break out ; and as one of these preparations, in 1675,
a garrison of twelve men was ordered to be established at the
house of Mr. Joseph Barstow, which, as we have elsewhere
remarked, stood on what is now Broadway, and opposite the resi-
dence of Mr. Joseph S. Bates. Other garrison houses were fitted
up at the same time, in Scituate, but this was the only one which
stood on the present territory of Hanover.

In the spring of 1676, the Narragansetts, having committed
ravages in Rhode Island, and penetrated even to Plymouth, in
which neighbourhood they had killed a number of inhabitants,

50 HISTORY OP HANOVER.

Capt. Michael Pierce, of Scituate, with a company of 50 or 631
Englishmen, and 20 friendly Indians, from Cape Cod, were ordered
in his pursuit, and proceeded, without being molested, as far as
Seekonk, where he arrived on Saturday, March 25 Hearing of
Indians in the vicinity, he went immediately in their pursuit, and
a bloody battle was fought, in which the Captain, and 18 of his
men, from Scituate, were slain or wounded. Among this number
was Jeremiah Barstow, a descendant of William, the earliest
settler on the territory of Hanover.2

On the 20th of May, the Indians made an attack upon Scituate.
They came from Hingham, where the day previous they had
burnt several houses,3 and entered the town by the Plymouth Road,
now Washington Street. Striking down the " Indian path,"
which led to the Mattakeeset settlements at Indian-head ponds,
they burnt the saw mill near Ellis's bridgeyffhd Cornet Stetson's
mill, near what is now Winslow's bridge ; also the house of Capt.
Joseph Sylvester, on the easterly side of the Third Herring brook,
which stood where Mr. Samuel Waterman now resides. The
garrison house at Joseph Barstow's, which was well fortified, was
carefully avoided by the invaders ; and, according to Gov. Win-
ston's letter to Mr. Hinckley, a company of 14 men, which had
marched up from Marshfield as far as Mr. Barstow's, saw the
enemy, and put them to flight, thus, doubtless, preserving other
houses in the neighborhood, which would have been destroyed had
it not been for their presence.

Those who desire to know more of the events of this day, must
read the graphic account of Deane, in which he enumerates the
houses destroyed in Scituate proper.4

We have no other notices which connect the events of this war
directly with the history of Hanover, though casual traditions
speak of damages sustained at different periods, from the ravages
of the Indians ; and it is a matter of satisfaction to know, that
the war was prosecuted with such vigor, on the part of the Col -

i The number is 50, in Deane, but G3, in Bliss's Hist, of Itehoboth, p. 88.
2 The names are given in Deane's Scituate, p. 123, and in Bliss's Hist, of
Reheboth, p. 92
; 3 Hobart's Journal.
4 Hist. Scit. p. 126, &c.

INDIANS OF HANOVER. 51

onists, and with such success, that Philip was slain, his warriors
routed, and from that time forth the people lived in comparative
security.

At the date of the incorporation of Hanover,, no hostile Indians
lived in its vicinity. It is said that the last tribe, from which the
citizens had trouble, congregrated on an island in Drinkwater
Swamp, in the westerly part of the town, from whence they issued,
and committed their depredations. They were discovered early
one morning, by the smoke of their fire, seen rising from amidst the
trees, and were attacked and routed.

Friendly Indians resided in the town for a long time, and the
last of the race has not been dead many years. Some of these
lived on the Bank land, so called, which is near Oren Josselynn's,
or west of King Street ; and old samp mortars, pestles, toma-
hawks, or axes, and spear, or arrow heads, have been frequently
found on the spot. Others resided on Curtis, now Main Street,
and their wigwams stood on Joseph D welly's land. Here, too,
relics have been occasionally found, turned up by the plough.

On the land of Capt. Elisha Barrell, in the north-easterly part
of the town, and but a few rods distant from his barn, on the
knoll, stood the wigwam of George Toto, probably a son of Mercy
Toto, and sister of Rhoda, and perhaps of Sarah, who married
James Still, in 1764. George's wife was Mary. He had no
children. The old well dug by him, in the low ground near his
hut, is still visible, in the midst of the bushes which surround it,
and even the children of the neighborhood know it as Toto's well.

King Dick and Queen Daphne lived on Pine Island, so called,
situated on what is now Hanover Street. Dick requested Col.
John Bailey to write a letter for him to his friends, on the Cape,
and on being asked ivhat he should write, replied, " King Dick
and Queen Daphne, ebery ting, ebery ting."

It is said that there was an old Indian burial ground on this
island, and that, before the violent September gale of 1815, known
as the hurricane, the mounds covering the graves of those who
had been buried on the spot could be distinctly seen. Since then,
all traces of them have disappeared.

There was another Indian burial ground, back of Assinippi Hall,
in the north-easterly part of the town, on land owned by Capt.

52 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Thomas Simmons. This was used, if we have been rightly
informed, so late as the former part of the present century, and
some of our old people remember when the last burial took place
on the spot.

It is said that there was another burial ground, not far from
Rocky Swamp ; and perhaps there were others, in other parts of
tluTtown.

Old Peter, an Indian, lived on land owned by Turner Stetson,
and married a black woman, who gave the name to the tract
known as Peg's Swamp. She resided the latter part of her life,
in a house which stood where that of Albert Stetson stands, not
far from the Town House, and d. May 1, 1815, se. 87.

One John Fredericks, a Hessian, deserted from the British
Army, during the Revolution, came to Hanover, and married an
Indian woman named Joanna. A bounty being offered for the
detection and return of deserters, he was obliged to secrete him-
self for a time in Plymouth woods, and on being asked by the
father of the present Zaccheus Estes, how he fared while there,
he replied, " if turkmtine had been molasses, I should have done
very well.93

The author has in his possession several relics of the Indians of
Hanover, and other parts of Plymouth County ; among which are
a pipe, of clay, hard baked, and of a brownish color, a present
from Mr. David Mann ; — arrow and spear heads, the gifts of
different friends ; an axe or tomahaivJc, of a greenish color, and
fine finish, from Mr. John Gross, of South Scituate, and others from
other friends ; a pestle, 9 or 10 inches long, and about 2 inches
in diameter, a present from Mr. Seth Jones, of Pembroke ; and a
,-stone ball, perfectly round, and about the size of a four pound
/ cannon ball, which was picked up near the residence of Cornet
Stetson, <6n the North River, on the occasion of a pilgrimage
made to the spot a few years since, when the author drank water
from the spring from whence his ancestor, more than two hundred
years ago, slaked his thirst, and gave his children to drink !

What changes have taken place since those days ! No longer
is the war-whoop heard, breaking upon the stillness of the night,
arousing the father to arms, and causing the mother to clasp her
trembling little ones closer in her embrace. Neither is the light

CHANGES. 53

canoe seen gliding down the Indian Head, or the North River, to
the sea. The deer and the wolf are gone. The ponds of Pem-
broke, where Hobomok dwelt, no longer reflect upon their placid
bosoms the graceful forms of the Indian maidens, who came there
to bathe, and to sport in the waters.

Even the rude dwellings of our ancestors are gone. Their for-
tresses have long since perished. And every building, erected
two hundred years ago, has fallen to decay, and returned to the
dust. Yet the same sun shines brightly upon us, by day, as upon
them. The same moon sheds down its clear and silvery light upon
our fields and homes. And the same stars sparkle above us !
Even the forests have changed. Here and there may be a scat-
tering tree which saw the light when the pilgrims landed. The
brave old white oak, by Jacob's saw-mill dam,

" Oft in moonlight by whose side
The Indian wooed his dusky bride,"

is one of these ; — also the two white oaks at Barstow's yard, on
the North River. But the mighty cedars, the giant pines, the
tall walnuts, with the spreading beech, the waving poplar, and the
graceful elm, all are gone. Trees of a recent growth alone
occupy the soil. One hundred and thirty summers, will probably
number the years of our most aged forest trees.

The hum of our grist mills, the clatter of our tack-machines, or
the louder reverberations of the descending trip-hammer ; with the
noise of the saw, cutting its way through the log ; the ring of the
blacksmith's hammer, upon the anvil ; the cheerful call of the
farmer, to his team, and the rumble of our wagons, along the road
to market, laden with boxes, and shoes, and the produce of the
farm ; — these are the sounds which now strike the ear ; — and the
spire of the church pointing to heaven, the village school-house,
and our neatly painted dwellings, dotting the sides of our streets ;
these are the signs of advancing civilization, and a manifest token
that man is subduing the earth to his dominion, and making the
elements his ministers ; and though monuments of the past are
occasionally seen among us, connecting by visible links what has
been with what is, yet these are only incentives to greater exer-
tions, and stimuli to prouder achievements !

CHAPTER IV .

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
FIRST CHURCH.

" Before the loftier throne of Heaven,
The hand is raised, the pledge is given,
One monarch to obey, one creed to own —
That monarch, God, that creed, his word alone."

Sprague.

Provisions for the support of Public worship — Erection of the first meeting house
in Hanover — Its appearance — Gathering of the worshippers — Settlement of Mr.
Bass — Seating the house — Communion service — Insubordination of the jouth

— Sterahold and Hopkins' Hymns — Decease of Mr. Bass — His character — Set-
tlement of Mr. Baldwin — Gift of a parsonage — Erection of the second meeting
house — Its appearance — Decease of Mr. Baldwin — Sketch of his life — Attempt
to settle Mr. Litchfield — Settlement of Mr. Mellen — First Bell— Painting the
house, and other repairs — Withdrawal of Mr. Mellen — His decease — Sketch of
his life, and list of his publications — Settlement of Mr. Chaddock — Withdrawal

— Sketch of his life — Settlement of Mr. Chapin — Sketch of his life — Settlement
of Mr. Smith — His life and writings — Erection of the third meeting house — Set-
tlement of Mr. Duncan.

A portion of the Preamble to the " General Laws and Liberties
of New Plimouth Colony, published in 1671," sets forth, that
" Whereas the great and known end of the first comers, in the year
of our Lord 1620, leaving their dear Native Country, and all that
was dear to them there ; transporting themselves over the vast
Ocean into this remote waste wilderness, and therein willingly con-
flicting with Dangers, Losses, Hardships, and Distresses sore, and
not a few, WAS, that without offence, they under the protection of
their Native Prince, together with the enlargement of his Majes-
ties Dominions, might, wTith the liberty of a good conscience, enjoy
the pure Scriptural Worship of God, without the mixture of
Humane Inventions and Impositions, And that there children
after them might walke in the Holy wayes of the Lord ; And
for which end they obtained leave from King James of happy

EARLY SETTLEMENT. 55

memory, and his Honourable Council, with further Graunts from
his Gracious Majesty Charles the first and his Honourable Coun-
cil, by Letters Patent, for sundry Tracts of land, with many
Priviledges therein contained for their better incouragenient to
proceed on in so Pious a Work, which may especially tend to the
propagation of Religion, &c, as by Letters Patents more at large
appeareth, and with further assurance also of the continuance of
our Liberties and Priviledges, both Civil and Religious, under the
Royal Hand and Seal of our Sovereign Lord King Charles the
Second ; And whereas by the good Hand of our God upon us
many others since the first comers are for the same pious end
come unto us, and sundry others rise up amongst us, desirous with
all good conscience to walk in the faith and order of the Gospel ;
whereby there are many churches gathered amongst us walking
according thereunto : And whereas ( by the Grace of God ) we
have now had near about Fifty Years Experience, of the good
consistency of these Churches, with Civil Peace and Order, and
also with Spiritual Edification, together with the welfare and tran-
quility of this Government. It is therefore for the Llonour of
God and the propagation of Religion, and the continued welfare
of this Colony, Ordered by this Court and the Authority thereof,
That the said Churches already gathered, or that shall hereafter
be orderly fathered, may and shall from time to time by this
Government be protected and encouraged, in their peaceable and
orderly walking, and the Faithful, Able, Orthodox, Teaching
Ministry thereof, duly encouraged and provided for ; together with
such other Orthodox able Dispensers of the Gospel which shall or
may be placed in any Township in this Government where there is
or may be a defect of Church Order."

From this, we see the views of our Pilgrim Fathers, and their
reverence for religion led to the enactment of many laws for its
regulation and support. Provisions were made for the support of
the ministry in every town of the Colony ; and no act of incorpo-
ration was granted, without containing a clause especially enjoin-
ing the erection of a meeting house, and the settlement of a
" learned, pious, and orthodox minister."

After the junction of the two Colonies, Plymouth and Massa-
chusetts, in 1692, the laws for the maintenance of the ministry,

5Q HISTORY OF HANOVER.

and the erection of nieeting-houses continued in force ; and accord-
ingly, in the act incorporating the town of Hanover, it is stipulated
as one of the conditions of the grant," that the Inhabitants of the
said Town of Hannover do within the space of Two years from the
Publication of this act erect and finish a suitable house for the
Public Worship of God, and as soon as may be procure and settle
a learned Orthodox Minister of good conversation, and make
Provision for his comfortable and honourable support, and that
thereupon they be discharged from any Further Payment far the
maintenance of the ministry, &c, in the Towns of Scituate or
Abington, for any estate lying within the said Town of Hannover."

In pursuance of this proviso, one of the first steps taken by the
town, was to provide for the support of Public Worship ; and July
17, 1727, " Mr. Daniel D wight was chosen to dispense the word
of God for three months,"1 Amos Sylvester, and Thomas Josselynn
being chosen to treat with him for that purpose ; and £7 19s.
were subsequently voted him as a remuneration for his services.
Meetings were held at this time in private dwellings ; and that of
Mr. Samuel Stetson, being nearest to the centre of the town, and
most convenient for the public accomodation, was principally
used, for which he was liberally paid.

August 29, £60 were voted for the support of a minister, and
Isaac Buck, Elijah Cushing, and Joseph House were chosen to
provide one. Nov. 13, It was agreed " to erect a meeting-
house at the most convenient place, by the road called the Drink
water road," and Elijah Bisbee, Joshua Turner, and Aaron Soule,
who were probably of Pembroke, were chosen to select the site,
and Job Otis was appointed to inform them of the town's desire.
Dec. 13, " Voted that the size of the house be as follows : Length
48 feet ; width 38 feet; and height between joints 19 feet; — to
be completed by Oct. 1, 1728 ;" and Elijah Cushing, Joseph
House, and Abner Dwelley were chosen a building committee,
they to have the house done in a workmanlike manner, but as
cheap as possible.

January 22, 1728, Isaac Bush was chosen agent to apply to
the town of Scituate for aid in erecting the new meeting-house ; a

i Mr. D. seems to have preached in the town a few Sabbaths before its
incorporation.

FIRST MEETING HOUSE. 57

subscription paper was circulated by him, on which the sum of
£90 was subscribed, but of which only £66 Is. 6d., were re-
alised ; and it was agreed that the money thus obtained, should be
proportioned on the polls and estates, towards defraying the
charges. Mr. Buck was also agent to apply to citizens of
Hanover for aid. Gifts of land were made, by John Cushing,
James Cushing, Job Otis, Nicholas Litchfield, Stephen Clapp, Senr.,
and others, of Scituate ; Rev. Thomas Clapp, of Taunton ; and
Joseph Barstow, and Samuel Barstow, of Hanover ; the lots being
laid, out for the , town by Caleb Torrey, and Stephen Clapp, of
Scituate. The land on which the house was built, is said to have
been given by Thomas Buck. Isaac Buck was the agent of the
town to receive the deeds of the above lots.

March 3, 1728, the town voted to take their part of the Gov-
ernment loan of £60,000, " now in the Treasury at Boston,"
and Joseph Barstow, Benjamin Curtis, and Samuel Barstow, were
chosen to receive the same, and to let it out towards paying the
carpenters. Gifts of lumber were made by several persons, and
what was left, after the house was finished, was sold for the use of
the ministry. The whole cost of the house appears to have been
about £300.

This first meeting-house, stood on the same spot as the present
house, and continued in use until 1765, undsr the ministry of Mr.
Baldwin, when the second house was built. No records exist
from which a correct idea of its appearance can be gained. An
old lady, Mrs. Perry, yet lives in Pembroke, born in 1755, who
is now in her 98th year, and who was ten years of age when the
second house was erected, who has a distinct recollection of that
event, but not of the looks of the original edifice. From the best
information I can gain, I learn that it was a plain structure, in ac-
cordance with the simplicity of the times, facing the South ; with-
out steeple or chimney ; the windows glazed with diamond-shaped
glass ; the walls unplastered ; and unwarmed by stove or furnace ;
and here, for about forty years, the fathers of the town, with their
wives and little ones, gathered together, from Sabbath to Sabbath,
in summer's heat and winter's cold, listening devoutly to the minis-
trations of the Word of God, and chanting, to the quaint, old

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58 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

fashioned tunes of the day, Sternhold and Hopkins' hymns, dea
coned off to them line by line.

I seem to see them now ; — - the fathers, with broad-brimmed

hats, turned up into three corners, with loops at the sides ; long

coats,with large pocket folds and cuffs, and without collars, — the

buttons, either plated, or of pure silver, and of the size of a

half-dollar ; shirts, with bosoms and wrist ruffles, and with gold or

silver buttons at the wrist, united by a link ;' the neckcloth, or

scarf, of fine white linen, or figured stuff, broidered, with the ends

hanging loosely on the breast ; the breeches close, with silver

buckles at the knee, of goodly size ; the legs covered with grey

stockings ; boots, with broad, white tops, or shoes, with straps and

silver buckles ; — the mothers, with black silk or satin bonnets ;

gowns, extramely long-waisted, with tight sleeves, or else very

short sleeves, with an immense frill at the elbow ; and high-heeled

shoes ; — these mounted upon the " family horse," — for carriages

were unknown in those days, — the father in front, and the " gude

wife" seated on a pillion behind ; the children, either on foot,

or in the " horse cart," with a goodly store of bread and cheese, or

doughnuts and apple pie, for the noon lunch ; all moving sedately

along, with becoming gravity, and decorous deportment, towards

the " ancient temple;" and on arriving at the house, the husband,

assisting the wife to dismount upon the bank-wall, in the rear of

the building ; and she, with the children, passing quietly in at the

door ; whilst the horse is hitched to the post, and the father also

walks in, and sits near the door" of the pew, in accordance with the

custom established in times of danger, when sudden attacks from

the Indians were feared ; and over the house stillness reigns, until

the minister, with ample gown, and powdered wig, walks up the

aisle, and mounts the long flight of stairs leading to his desk, from

which, as from a tower, high above his hearers, with the sounding

board over his head, to convey the sonorous tones of his voice to

his flock, he dispenses to them the word of life, and bears up their

prayers to the throne of God !

The first minister settled in the town, was the Eev. Benjamin

1 Mr. Samuel Brooks, on Main Street, has in his possession, specimens
of the buttons here referred to, and also of the knee buckles.

OKDINATION OF MR. BASS. 59

Bass, son of Joseph and Mary Bass, of Braintree, and a descen-
dant of Samuel Bass, who, with his wife Anne, and one or two
young children, came to New England in 1630, and settled first
in Roxbury, and afterwards in that part of Braintree now Quincy.1
Benjamin was born in 1694, graduated at Harvard College in 1715,
and settled in Hanover in 1728.

August 27, 1728, Benjamin Curtis, Elijah Cushing, William
Witherell, Thomas Josselynn, and Benjamin Curtis, Jr., were
chosen " to advise with the neighboring ordained ministers as the
law directs, in order for the settlement of the Rev. Benjamin Bass
in the work of the ministry ;" and subsequently the sum of £130
per annum, after the rate of silver money, at 16s. per oz., was
voted as his salary.

Nov. 23, 1728, it was voted to ordain Mr. Bass to the work of
the ministry ; and Amos Sylvester was chosen to provide enter-
tainment for the council.

The ordination took place Dec. 11th ; the 4th of the month
having been observed as a day of Fasting and Prayer, and the
Church, consisting of 10 ( male ? ) members, besides the pastor,
being formed on the 5th. Rev. Mr. Eells, of Scituate, and Rev.
Mr. Lewis, of Pembroke, were present and assisted in the services
on the day of Fasting.

The ceremonies of the Ordination are thus given on the Church
Records : " Dec. 11, 1728, Benjamin Bass, A. M., was, by
prayer and fasting, with imposition of the hands of the Presbytery,
ordained a pastor of the Church, the Rev. Mr. Eells, of Scituate,
Mr. Lewis, of Pembroke, Messrs. Hobart and Gay, of Hingham,
and Mr. Checkley, of Boston, laid on hands ; Mr. Gay began
with prayer ; Mr. Checkley preached ; Mr. Eells gave the charge ;
and Mr. Lewis the right hand of fellowship. "

The house being completed, and a minister settled, next in im
portance was the " seating the iv or shippers." From a report
made Nov. 31, 1728, it appears that there was room in the house
for 31 pews, valued at £10 each, or £310 in all. But, the record
proceeds to say, " as it is usual and commendable that there
should be dignities, we generally vote and allow for the same ;
that therefore we vote that the highest pew in dignity should be

1 Thayer's Family Memorial, p. 53.

GO HISTORY OF HANOVER.

valued at ,£15, and the next X14 10s., and so proportionally
lower, until we come down to those pews which are of no difference
in dignity, and then proportionable to each man's rates, either by
a general vote, or lots, to take in the more people into each pew
so valued or prized, as shall amount to the money ;" and Joseph
Stockbridge, John Hatch, and William Witherell, were chosen to
proportion the pews according to these votes. Their action not
being entirely satisfactory, June 29, 1730, votes were passed anew
" to proportion the pews to make all persons easy, and to take in
those that were left out ;" a committee of seven was chosen to
attend to this duty, and their doings were confirmed Aug. 31.

Although the mention of dignities may cause some to smile, yet
substantially the same custom prevails in our own day, certain
seats, in all our churches, being deemed more fashionable, and
more valuable, than others.

January 10, 1728-9. At a church meeting, it was " voted to
raise money by contribution to provide utensils for the Lord's
table ;" and by the 30th of the month, were bought, and brought
to town, " three Pewter Tankards, marked C. T., of 10s. price
each ; five Pewter Beakers, costing 3s. 6d. each, and marked C.
B. ; two Pewter Platters, marked C. P. ; a Pewter Basin for
baptisms ; and a Cloth for the communion table." The commu-
nion was celebrated, for the first time, March 2, 1729, and the
first service plate continued in use until 1768, and Oct. 30th of
that year, the Church received a present of " four silver cups for
the communion table, by order, and at the expense of Deacon
Stockbridge, the cost of each cup at <£25, old tenor, and each
having this inscription, The Gift of Deacon Joseph Stock-
bridge to the Church of Christ in Hanover, 1768." For
this present, the thanks of the Church were voted.

January 8, 1786. Two silver cups for the communion table
were received, " a Legacy from Deacon Thomas Josselynn, cost
<£7 4s., and recorded as a token of gratitude, and to perpetuate
the memory of the Benefaction."

The tankards and flagons are still in the possession, and these,
with the silver cups above referred to, constitute the present com-
munion service, of the church.

INSUBORDINATION OF THE YOUTH. 61

Not long after the erection of the meeting-house, the juvenile
portion of the town, not having the fear of the law before their
eyes, began to manifest a disposition to violate the fourth com-
mandment, by congregating in the school-house, and other acts of
insubordination ; and March 1, 1734, it was " voted that the
schoolmaster should lock up the school-house on Saturday's, to
keep people out Lord's day ;" and March 1, 1741, it was " voted
that David Curtis look after the boys and negroes in the school-
house on Sabbath days ;" also, " voted Thomas Wilkes and
Joshua Studley to look after the meeting-house Sabbath days, to
keep the boys in order." Oct. 29, 1746, " Appointed Jacob
Bailey to take care of the school-house for four months next com-
ing, and to have full power to prosecute any person that shall
presume forcibly to break into the school-house on the Lord's clay."

This propensity to mischief, however, was not confined simply
to tumultuous gatherings in the school-house, and disorderly con-
duct in the meeting-house ; for other demonstrations, in the shape
of broken windows, and shattered doors, attested their skill in the
old-fashioned sport of casting stones ; and votes for re-setting glass,
and repairing locks, duly recorded, still bear testimony to these
deeds of wantonness. But we are not to suppose that the youth
of Hanover were more given to such proceedings than those of
other towns. Public records, generally, show more or less of such
outbreaks and damages in all towns. Nor need we be surprised
at the character of these offences, for even in our own davs, the
school-house, and the meeting-house, are not exempt from such
visitations, and the winds shrieking mournfully through shattered
panes, seem like ghosts, lamenting the desolations of Zion, and the
desecration of the Sanctuary. This Vandal spirit should ever be
deprecated ; for not only is it irreverent, but a sure sign of ill-
breeding, and a state of semi-civilization.

1742, May 7. " The church took a vote to see if the Society
would sing in the new way, and it passed in the affirmative, nem.
eon. Then being desired to bring in their votes for a Tuner, Mr.
Ezekiel Turner was chosen by a considerable majority." Previous
to tins, singing, in most, if not all the New England churches, had
been strictly congregational, the lines of the hymns being read off
by the Deacon, who usually pitched the tune, and all, who could

62 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

sing, joined in the performance. By this vote, Sternhold and
Hopkins' version of the Psalms was rejected, and Tate and Brady's
adopted.

1748, April 8. ,£14 15s. were collected, " to buy good books
with, to lend to such of the Society as stand in need of them, and
would be glad to read them." With the above money, says Mr.
Bass, " I bought in less than a week, a parcel of books, whose
Titles, Authors, and Price in Old Tenor, may be met with in a
book which is an exposition of the Epistle to the Colossians, by
Nicholas Byfield."

The ministry of Mr. Bass, which was quiet and undisturbed,
passed peacefully on, until terminated by his death, which took
place May 23, 1756, in the 63d year of his age, after a settle-
ment of 27 years, 5 months, and 15 days, during which period 83
persons joined the church, and 588 were baptised.

The remains of Mr. Bass, with those of his wife, who died Feb.
25, 1772, lie in the south-east corner of the old burying ground ;
and the grave stones, which mark the spot, are still in a state
of tolerable preservation, though that of Mr. Bass appears to
have been broken, and re-set. The inscriptions on the same
are simple, and can be easily deciphered.

Our materials, for a sketch of the life of this first servant of the
Church, are quite scanty. In vain have we sought for some
notice of his career in the papers of that day. From his writings,
he appears to have been a man marked more by common sense,
than by brilliancy of diction, withal a little inclined to facetious-
ness, yet open-hearted, and frank, and laboring diligently for the
welfare of his people. He was often consulted by neighboring
Churches, and acted as Moderator in Ecclesiastical Councils ;*
and, in the midst of the excitement which prevailed, during the
latter years of his ministry, occasioned by the preaching of White-
field, and the rise of the " New Lights," as they were termed, he
preserved his own hold on the good-will of his Society, and left
his people in a state of as great prosperity as was enjoyed in any
of the adjoining towns. His habits were simple, and his manner
of living frugal and unostentatious ; yet his was ever a hospitable
board, to which his parishioners and friends were cordially wel-

1 Winsor, Hist. Duxbuiy, 196, and 199.

SETTLEMENT OF MR. BALDWIN. 63

coined. He took great interest in the children of his parish, and
never passed a child, in the road, without noticing it. And the
children so loved him, that whenever they saw him approaching,
they would arrange themselves in a row, and, as he drew near,
greet him, with bows, and curtesies, while smiles of joy illumined
their faces. His grandson, Elisha, has, at his house, the ivedding
dress of Mrs. Bass, which was a cream colored, brocade silk, of
considerable beauty, — also a silk apron, of a sage color. A
lady, whom I saw there, Oct. 18,1852, informs me, as an illustra-
tion of Mr. B's facetiousness, that having received an invitation
to settle at Eel River, Plymouth, and on being asked if he should
accept, he replied, " No, Eel River may do for small fish, but it is
not large enough for a Bass."

After the decease of Mr. Bass, Ezekiel Turner, Esq., Joseph
House, and Michael Sylvester, were chosen a committee by the
town, June 14, 1756, to join a committee chosen by the Church,
" to supply the pulpit with preaching ;" and Aug. 80th, the
Church having laid before the town their choice of Mr. Samuel
Baldwin for their pastor, the town concurred in the choice, and
voted as his salary X73 6s. 8d., lawful money. Mr. B. declining
to settle for this sum, it was voted, Oct. 11th, to give him <£80
lawful money, and to build him, within the space of 18 months,
" a dwelling-house 40 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 17 feet be-
tween joints, with two stacks of chimneys, a plain roof, with a
suitable number of windows with crown glass, and to be painted
inside and outside, such a color or colors as shall be agreeable to
his mind, and to build and finish under the house a cellar 30 feet
long, and 14 feet wide, pointed, &c, and every thing, both inside
and outside, both wood work, iron work, and joiners' work, with
two Bofatts (cupboards) and as many closets in said house as
may be convenient, all to be done to the turning of a key, and to
be underpinned in a suitable manner, to the acceptance of the
said Mr. Baldwin, and this to be a free gift as a settlement, to
which proposal Mr. B. gave his answer in the affirmative."
Eeb. 7, the dimensions of the house were altered to 38 by 32 feet ;
and it was voted to pay for the building in money, and to give
Joseph Curtis XI 60, lawful money, for building and completing it.
March 5, 1759, Mr. Baldwin acknowledged the receipt of the
house as his settlement gift.

64 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

October 18, 1756, " Voted that Mr. Baldwin be ordained
Dec. 1, if the Thanksgiving be not on that week, but if it is, the
ordination to be on the second Wednesday of said December.' 9
Also, " Voted to give Captain Joseph Josselynn £16, in lawful
money, to provide handsome and suitable entertainment for the
ordination, and he agreed to do it for that sum."

The ordination took place Dec. 1 ; " the Rev. Messrs. Gay, of
Hingham, Cook, of Sudbury, Storer, of Watertown, Smith, of
Pembroke, and Swift, of Acton, laying on hands. Mr. Smith
prayed, Mr. Cook preached, Mr. Gay gave the charge, Mr. Storer
the right hand of fellowship, and Mr. Swift offered the last prayer.
The churches or pastors sent to besides the above, were Wales, of
Marshfield, Hitchcock, of Pembroke, Woodward, of Weston, Dodge,
of Abington, and Barnes, of Scituate."

Under the ministration of Mr. Baldwin, the meeting-house was
soon filled ; and accordingly, June 25, 1764, it was voted, to open
the same "in two parts, and to put in a new piece in the middle
of 13 or 14 feet in length." This vote was reconsidered, October
22, and it was then voted to build a new house, of the following
dimensions : — " 62 feet in length, 43 in width, and 22 feet
between joints, according to the plan in the office of the Town
Clerk. "

At the same time, it was voted, that " each person enjoy their
pews as heretofore, only giving way for the new additional pews
to be built ; " and the Committee was empowered to "dispose of
the old meeting-house, and the new additional pew room, to the
undertaker or undertakers of the meeting-house aforesaid, or to
any other person or persons, in part of pay for the work aforesaid."
Mr. Joseph Tolman, was the contractor for the erection of the new
house ; and May 20, 1765, it was voted" to have a steeple to the
meeting-house, provided the money for the same can or shall be
raised by subscription. "

This steeple was built ; and the new house was erected on the
site of the old one. It stood facing the South, and the roof
pitched North and South. At the East end, was the women's
porch, extending from the ground, to the eaves, and projecting
from the building, a few feet; in the entry, was the stairway leading
to the gallery, and overhead, the powder room, in which the town's

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stock of powder was kept, during the Revolution. The men's
porch, was at the West end, also projecting from the building, and
rising above the eaves, with a long, tapering spire, or steeple, sur-
mounted with a vane. This spire was removed about 1784, when
a bell was presented to the society by Mr. Josselynn, and a new
steeple, with a suitable belfry, was erected.

Within, the walls were plastered, the pews square, the galleries
spacious, and the accommodations for the worshippers comfortable
and decent. The author does not know of any house now stand-
ing, from which a perfect idea of this ancient tabernacle could be
obtained. Perhaps in internal arrangement, the old meeting
house in Carver, near the residence of John Savary, Esq., may be
considered as an approximation to that of the second house in
Hanover, though externally, the porches and steeple are wanting.
It is said, that, while this house was being erected, meetings were
held in a pine grove, near by, and here, Mr. Baldwin's daughter
Hannah was baptised.

The affairs of the society, from this time forward, until the war
of the Revolution commenced, continued in a state of quiet pros-
perity, and the salary of Mr. Baldwin was paid regularly and
promptly ; but the derangement in the finances of the country in-
troduced by that struggle, led to difficulties in many religious
societies, and, finally, to a dissolution of the connexion, which had
so long and so happily subsisted, between Mr. Baldwin, and the
society in Hanover. On the Church records, under date of Nov.
28, 1779, is the following entry by Mr. Baldwin himself: "I
preached a farewell sermon to the people of Hanover for the want
ot support, and on the 8th March following, I asked a dismission
for the want of support, which they granted, and it was confirmed
by a vote of the town."

Mr. Baldwin remained with the society 23 years, 3 months, and
3 days, during which period, 107 persons joined the Church, and
632 were baptised. As a pastor, his services gave general satis-
faction, and as a preacher, his talents were not only highly re-
spectable, but his manuscripts evince that he was a ready and
eloquent writer, and his discourses display good judgment, keen
perceptions, and strong common sense.

Mr. Baldwin early espoused the cause of America, in the strug-
gle with Great Britain, and, throughout the continuance of the war

66 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

of the Revolution, took a deep and anxious interest in his country's

success.

He officiated as a Chaplain in the Army, and gave eloquent ex-
hortations to his own flock at home, and to the minute men of the
town ; and, so completely was he absorbed in this work, that the
intensity of his devotion, joined with other causes, affected his mind,
and for a period of four years, previous to his decease, he was
partially deranged, and under the faithful care of his devoted
wife.

It is said that on one occasion, during this period, a neighbor,
Miss Studley, called at the parsonage, to converse with Mrs. Bald-
win, upon the events of the war, not then wholly closed. Mr. B.
lay on his bed, apparently unmindful of what they were saying, in
his usual state of apathy and indifference. Suddenly he arose,
left the room, went to his study, and returned with the manuscript
of a discourse which he had delivered to the minute men, and,
standing in the doorway, he tleliberately read it from beginning to
end. Mrs. B. was rejoiced, thinking the balance of his mind was
about to be restored. But when he had finished his reading, he
carried the manuscript back, returned, and laid himself on the
bed in silence.

His death took place December 1, 1784, about one year after
peace was declared ; and his remains, with those of his wife, lie in
the old burial-ground ; grave stones having been erected to
their memory, by vote of the town, March 9, 1796.

I have been able to learn of but one of his productions that was
printed, — his address before the Pilgrim Society, delivered in
1775.

The house in which Mr. Baldwin lived is still standing, on Han-
over Street, not far from the residence of the late Dr. Joshua
Studley ; and it is a fair specimen of the style of building here one
hundred years ago. It is still in decent repair, and promises yet
to stand for many years, a memorial of the past, and one of the
few relics of olden time, becoming rarer every year.

After the withdrawal of Mr. Baldwin, several candidates for the
pastorship of the society were heard, and some time elapsed before
a settlement was effected.

Rev. Joseph Litchfield, subsequently of York, Maine, a de-

SETTLEMENT OF MR. MELLEN. 67

scendant of Lawrence Litchfield, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, was
one of these candidates ; and a call was given him, with a salary of
" £90 per annum, in silver money, at 6s. per dollar, or gold
equivalent, or in paper bills at the rate or value the General Court
or Assembly shall settle the same, and 12 cords of firewood at his
door, within a mile from the meeting-house ; " and December 27,
1780, was fixed upon as the day for his ordination ; Capt. Joseph
Soper to provide entertainment for the Council. The Council
met, and, it is said, were in session two or three days ; but Mr.
L. was not ordained, many of the society being opposed to
his settlement. Tradition says, that the objections urged against
him were of the most trifling character ; — one being, that he wore
stockings, " footed up " with yarn of a different color from that in
the " tops ;" and this was " beneath the dignity of the clerical of-
fice ; " — and the second, and perhaps the most frivolous of the
two, affirming, that, on a certain occasion, in making a call, instead
of entering the yard by the gate, as a clergyman should have
done, he " clambered over the rails of the fence, much to the
lowering of the dignity of his profession. "

We suspect, however, that political, or other differences, were
the real grounds of objection against him.

But though not settled when first called, a second attempt was
made to effect that object ; which resulted as before, in his rejection
and withdrawal.

Finally, after hearing several other candidates, to some of whom
a call was given, a more unanimous request was sent, in 1783, to
the Rev. John Melien, of Sterling, to come and labor among them ;
and this call was successful. He was settled in Hanover, Feb-
ruary 11,1781 ; Capt. Joseph Soper making the entertainment for
the Council. " Six churches were sent to on the occasion, but
Cambridge failed by reason of the aged and Reverend Dr. Ap-
pleton's death on the same week. Rev. Mr. Hitchcock, of Pem-
broke, gave the charge ; Rev. Mr. Barnes, of Scituate, the right
hand of fellowship ; his son, Rev. Mr. Melien, of Barnstable, preach-
ed the sermon : Rev. Mr. Prentiss, of Reading, began with prayer ;
and Rev. Mr. Niles, of Abington, concluded. Anthems were sung
by the choir, on entering and leaving the Meeting house. '
In 1785, the Society received, of Col. Joseph Josselynn, a dona-

68 HISTORY OP HANOVER.

tion of $100, which they agreed " should go towards buying a
bell, if there can be enough subscribed to make up the rest; " and
November 29, 1785, the bell was purchased, of Col. Aaron Hobart,
of Abington, and a committee of twenty, " with all the rest of the
town that see cause to assist," were chosen to ahang it."

This bell was broken, not long after, through want of skill on
the part of the person appointed to ring it ; was re-cast, and when
re-hung, December 18, 1788, Dea. Bass, Dea. Robbins, and Ben-
jamin Stetson were chosen to " give the sexton directions how to
ring the bell. "

In 1789, it was voted to paint the meeting-house ; " the walls
to be stone yellow, the roof Spanish brown, and the corner boards
and window frames and sashes white." May 80, 1791, "Voted
to give Capt. Timothy Rose, £3, to take care of, and sweep and
sand the meeting house, and ring the bell the present year."

October 14, 1793, a Committee chosen " to get the meeting-
house underpinned, and to procure a stock lock for the door. "
June 9, 1797, a Committee was chosen to seat the singers ; and
alterations were made in the house to provide for their accommo-
dation. The same year, $300 were voted as the salary of Mr.
Mellen, and from that time forward, his salary was paid in Federal,
instead of Sterling, currency. In 1802, the bell was re-hung ; and
in 1803, Capt. Albert Smith presented to the town a number of
Lombardy poplar trees, which were set out near the meeting
house. Not one of these is now standing. The last was cut
down, a few years since, by Mr. Samuel Stetson.

The ministry of Mr. Mellen was terminated, by the infirmities
of age, in 1805, and he removed to Reading, Massachusetts, where
he closed his long and useful life, in the house of his daughter, the
relict of Caleb Prentiss, July 4, 1807, aged 85.

His life was an eventful one. He was born in Hopkinton,
March 14, 1722, and graduated at Harvard College, in 1741,
teaching school the same year for <£85, at Sudbury. l He was
ordained the first pastor of the church in Sterling, December 19,
1744, where he continued, probably at the head of the clergy of
Worcester County, until November 14, 1774. His connexion
with this society, which had continued for thirty years, was dis-

iBarry's History of Framingham, p. 328.

OPINIONS OF MR. MELLEN. 69

solved, in consequence of disputes, occasioned by his endeavors to
maintain what he considered the true discipline of the churches,
and by his adoption of doctrinal sentiments, not wholly in accord-
ance with those generally prevailing at the time. " He with others,
as tradition says, had sensibly departed from the standard
of faith that had been generally received in the New England
Churches, and had extended his speculations in such a manner, as
to give great offence to some who had not pursued the same course
of reasoning. In 1756, he delivered an eloquent series of dis-
courses addressed to parents, children, and youth, which contained
sentiments highly obnoxious to many of his brethren in the min-
istry. These were published, and were extremely well received
by his people. In the unguarded hours of social conversation, too,
he, as was well understood, rejected many of the articles of the
popular faith. Nor were his people dissatisfied with him on this
account, but rather for publicly co-operating in the censure of
those doctrines which it was supposed he embraced as the truth of
the gospel. It was now understood by some of the most intelli-
gent of the parish, that their minister was verging towards doc-
trines that he had publicly disclaimed. In 1765, he published a
volume of sermons on the doctrines of Christianity. These con-
tained a learned system of scholastic theology, maintaining a middle
course between the two extremes of Calvinism and Arminianism.
Upon some of the controverted points it is not easy to understand
which side his speculations favor most. The volume is highly
creditable to his memory as a scholar and a theologian, and when
published was considered an acquisition to the literature of the
country. When his people produced their allegations against him
in 1773, they urged but few instances of false doctrines, and of
these he fully exculpated himself before a council. The principal
charge of this character was, that he had said that God was the
author of sin. The sermon was produced where it was said to be
contained. He stated that he had never held this doctrine in its
gross sense, but only that sin was by permission, &c. The council
cleared him, as his church had previously. " He is described,
in the work from which we have just quoted, as a man " liberally
endowed by nature with a strong and energetic mind, which was

iSeean elaborate article in the Worcester Magazine, Vol. 2. p. 213, &c.

70 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

highly improved by diligent and successful cultivation, and he ob-
tained a high rank as a preacher and scholar."

Besides the volume of doctrinal Sermons, to which we have al-
ready referred, and his sermons to parents, &c, his other published
works, were, a Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. J. Palmer, 1753 ;

— a Discourse at a General Muster, 1756 ; — on the Mortal Sick-
ness among his People, 1756 ; — on the Conquest of Canada, 1760;

— on the Death of Sebastian Smith, 1763 ; — Religion productive
of Music, at Marlboro', 1773 ; — a Sermon at the Ordination of
Rev. Levi Whitman, 1785; — a Discourse before a Lodge of
Freemasons, 1793 ; — and a Thanksgiving Sermon, 1795. *

A few of these, as will be seen by the dates, were delivered
after his settlement in Hanover. He is spoken of here, with much
affection, by his old parishioners ; and was a man of sociable habits,
lively in conversation, fond of a jest, and of ardent feelings.
Many anecdotes are related of his ministry ; but we have already
extended our sketch as far as will be generally interesting, or we
should be happy to introduce them.

October 21, 1805, " Voted to repair the bass viol, and the
singers' seats."

July 23, 1806, Rev. Calvin Chaddock, late of Rochester, was
installed as pastor of the Society ; the entertainment being pro-
vided by Lemuel D welly, at an expense of $125. Seven churches
were sent to on the occasion ; five only attended. Rev. Mr.
Strong, of Randolph, offered the Installing Prayer ; Rev. Mr.
Niles, of Abington, preached the sermon, and offered the conse-
crating prayer ; Rev. Mr. Barker, of Middleboro', delivered the
charge ; Rev. Mr. Norton, of Weymouth, the right hand of fellow-
ship ; and Rev. Mr. Richards, of Halifax, offered the concluding
prayer." During the ministry of Mr. Chaddock, the Academy
was built, of which we shall speak in our Chapter on Education ;
and of this Academy, Mr. C. had the charge, until his removal
from the place, in 1818, after a settlement of 12 years. He is
spoken of as a ready preacher, a man of great natural eloquence,
fluent in speech, and one whose discourses were generally
popular. In the possession of his son, Mr. Ebenezer N. Chaddock,
of Boston, is a large sized painting, containing a likeness of Mr. C,

«

1 Allen's Biographical Dictionary, and Worcester Magazine.

MR. CHADDOCK — MR. CHAPIN. 71

and of his wife, and three of his children, executed nearly 50
years since, by Arad Thompson, and representing him in the atti-
tude of imparting instruction to the children.

Mr. Alden, one of the pupils at his school, says of him, that,
" with a mind richly gifted by the Father of Spirits, he possessed
a native, simple, and truly genuine eloquence. His bosom, a
fountain of the tenderest sympathies spontaneously gushing forth,
moved him often and copiously "to weep with them that weep."
To the afflicted — to the mourner in Zion — his words of consola-
tion were the breathings of angelic sweetness ; while the truth of
God heard from his lips in tones of deepest solemnity, thrilled the
hearts of assembled multitudes. " Of like passions with others
— by no means faultless — yea, even specially " compassed with
infirmity," — yet in conflict with his spiritual foes " he was more
than a conqueror." The peaceful close of his useful life was pass-
ed on the sunny plains of Western Virginia. While passing up
the beautiful Ohio, of a pleasant summer's morning, many years
since, I was providentially thrown in company with some of those
who enjoyed his last ministrations ; and thus, from the lips of his
personal friends, I received the animating account of his final exit
from earth, in the triumph of the Christian faith."1

Rev. Seth Chapin, the sixth Pastor, was the son of Seth and
Eunice Chapin, of Menclon, Mass. ; and was born June 25, 1783.
His father was an officer in the Revolutionary Army, and was
stationed, a portion of the time, in Rhode Island ; being engaged
in Sullivan's celebrated expedition. The son pursued his studies,
preparatory for College, under the Rev. Dr. Crane, of Uxbridge,
entered Brown University, in 1804, graduated in 1808, studied
Theology at Andover, which place he left in 1811 ; and in Novem-
ber of that year, was installed as pastor of the Church in Hillsboro',
N. H. Here he remained until 1816 ; and the following three
years were spent in Rowley, Mass., Mansfield, Conn., and else-
where. In 1819, he was settled in Hanover, and remained until
1824, after which he preached in East Haddam, Conn., Hunter,
N. Y., Attleboro', Mass., and Granville, Mass. In 1845, he
relinquished the duties of his profession, and engaged in agricul-

1 Letter, in the Pamphlet giving an account of the Exercises at the Dedi-
cation of the New Academy, p. 12.

72 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

tural pursuits, with such ardor, and success, in the language of
his son, as to " have the pleasure of matching the wonderful
Georgic transformation, and saw,

" lngens
Exiit ad coelum ramis felicibus arbos
Miraturque novas fondes et non sua poma/\£j

He married Mary Bicknell, second daughter of the Hon. Joshua
Bicknell, of Barrington, May 28, 1810, — her father having been,
" for more than 50 years, prominent in the councils of the State ;
and a man of such unflinching political integrity as to have
received the title of " old Aristides." By this marriage he had
two sons, the elder of whom, Henry, graduated at Brown Uni-
versity, in 1835, received the degree of L.L.B., at Harvard
College, in 1838, and is settled as a Physician, in Providence,
Rhode Island. The younger son, read law with the Hon. A. C.
Greene, of Rhode Island, and settled in Alabama, where he died
September 11, 1836, at the early age of 21. Mr. Chapin, the
father, died in Providence, Rhode Island, April 19, 1850, se 67.
His widow survives, and is residing with her son, in Provi-
dence. As a preacher, Mr. Chapin was earnest, and faithful ; his
discourses being instructive, and copiously illustrated. As a
scholar, he was diligent, and studious ; and several of his occasional
productions were published. He was successful in his calling ; a
man of usefulness, and indomitable perseverance ; and he left be-
hind him a good name, as an inheritance for his surviving son.

Rev. Ethan Smith, the 7th pastor, " was born in Belchertown,
Mass., Dec. 16, 1762, and while young, was a soldier for one
summer in the Revolutionary War, and was at West Point when
the traitor Arnold sold that fortress to the British. Having
attended to the preparatory studies, he entered Dartmouth Col-
lege in 1785, and graduated in 1790. Soon after taking his
degree, he was licensed to preach, and spent the first Sabbath of
October, 1790, at Haverhill, N. H., where he was first settled in
the ministry. In about a year from that time, he was married to
Bathsheba Sandford, second daughter of Rev. David Sandford,
of Medway, Mass. He remained at Haverhill nine years, and
was then dismissed for want of support. He was installed in the

MR. smith's writings. 73

ministry at Hopkinton, N. H., March 12, 1800, and continued there
about eighteen years, during sixteen of which he was Secretary
of the New Hampshire Missionary Society. He was afterwards
settled at Hebron, N. Y., about four years; at Poultney, Ver-
mont, about five years ; at Hanover, Mass., five years ; and then
spent a season as a city missionary in Boston. His publications
were, 1. A Dissertation on the Prophecies, two editions ; 2. A View
of the Trinity, two editions ; 3. A View of the Hebrews, two editions ;

4. Lectures on the Subjects and Mode of Baptism, two editions;

5. A Key to the figurative Language of the Bible ; 6. Memoirs
of Mrs. Abigail Bailey ; 7. A Key to the Revelation, 2 editions ;
8. Prophetic Catechism ; 9. Two Sermons on Episcopacy ;
10. Farewell Sermon at Haverhill, N. H. ; 11. First Sermon
after installation at Hopkinton ; 12. Two Sermons on the Vain
Excuses of Sinners, preached at Washington, N. H. ; 13. Ser-
mon on the Moral Perfection of God, preached at Newburyport,
Mass. ; 14. Sermon on the daughters of Zion excelling, preached
before a Female Cent Society ; 15. Sermon on the happy Transi-
tion of Saints, preached at the funeral of Mrs. Jemima, con tio of
Rev. Dr. Harris, of Dunbarton ; 16. Sermon at the ordination of
Rev. Stephen Martindale, at Tinmouth, Vermont; aol 17. Ser-
mon at the ordination of Rev. Harvey Smith, at Weybridge,
Vermont. His children were Myron, born at Haverhill, N. H.,
1794, and died 1818, aged 24 ; Lyndon Arnold, born at Haver-
hill, 1795, graduated at Dartmouth Co'!ege, married a daughter
of Rev. Dr. Griffin, and settled as a physician, in Newark, N. J. ;
Stephen Sanford, born at Haverhill, 1797, and settled as pastor of
the Congregational Church, Westminster, Mass. ; Laura, who
died in infancy ; Carlos, born in Hopkinton, 1801, graduated at
Union College, and settled as pastor of the Presbyterian Church
in Massillon, Ohio ; Grace Fletcher, wife of Rev. Job H. Martin,
died in Haverhill, Mass., 1840 ; Sarah Towne, second wife of
Rev. J. H. Martin, of New York ; Harriet, wife of William H.
Sanford, of Boylston, Mass. ; and Ellen, wife of C. B. Sedgwick,
Esq., of Syracuse, died May 23, 1846, aged 33. The wife of
Mr. Smith, died in Pompey, N. Y., April 5, 1835, aged 64. He
was living, in 1847, in Boylston, Mass.," but has since deceased.1

l See a communication in the N. E. Gen. Reg. r for 1847, p. 182 et seq.
6

74 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

During the ministry of Mr. Smith, the second meeting-house
was torn down, and the third, or present house erected ; which
stands in the centre of the town, facing the East, and is a modest
structure, surmounted by a steeple, and in the belfry hangs the
old bell, given by Mr. Josselynn, in 1785, and re-cast in 1788.

Rev. Abel G. Duncan, the present pastor of the Society, grad-
uated at the Bangor Theological Seminary, in 1828, was settled
for four years at Jackson and Brooks, Maine, and was installed in
Hanover, August 22, 1833. He has proved himself a faithful
minister, and an excellent citizen ; having had the honor to Rep-
resent the town, for six years, in the State Legislature, and having
been, for many years, Chairman of the School Committee.

The Central Society, like all others that have been long estab-
lished, has seen its days of prosperity, and its clays of adversity.
As the oldest society in the town, it has enjoyed great advantages,
and has done much to maintain the ordinances -of the gospel. We
are happy to say that the annals of the Town are but little stained
with the records of protracted controversies, and bitter animosities.
A few such unpleasant memorials occur, but we have chosen to
leave them unnoticed, rather than to make our pages the vehicle
of perpetuating events of so little consequence in themselves, and
so unprofitable to the present, or to future generations. The vir-
tues of our fathers, should ever be remembered. And among
these, by no means the least conspicuous, are their reverence for
God, their zeal for his worship, and their devotion to the interests
of learning and piety. May we, their children, endeavor to follow
them in everything good, and may we transmit, to our children,
blessings as great as have descended to us from them.

CHAPTER V .

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY CONTINUED.

" In vestment white, the minister of God

Opens the book, and reverentially

The stated portion reads." grahame.

" I cannot go,
Where Universal love not smiles around."

Thomson.

" To his great baptism flocked,

With awe the regions round." Milton.

Establishment of St. Andrews Church in Scituate — First Meeting house — Mr.
Davenport's ministry — Mr. Brockwell's — Mr. Thompson's — Sketch of his de-
scendants— Mr. Wheeler's ministry — Removal of the Church to Hanover —
Erection of a New Meeting House — Rectorship of Messrs Cooper, Wolcott, Ap-
pleton, Greenleaf, and Cutler — Establishment of a Society in the Northerly part
of Hanover, and Westerly part of Scituate — Incorporation as a Universal i.-;t
Society — Sketch of its history — History of the Baptist Society.

ST. ANDREWS CHURCH. V>*

About the year 1725, Episcopal service was* first performed in
the town of Scituate, by Rev. Timothy Cutler, D. D., Rector of
Christ Church, in Boston. According to Deane, x the statement if
made in Nichols's collection of anecdotes, that " Mr. Cutler, withs
several attendants, came to Scituate, during the absence of Mr.
Bourne, minister of the north parish, by the invitation of Lieut.
Damon, ( then at variance with Mr. Bourne, ) and another gentle-
man of large estate, and performed divine service in the Church
form, in the north Meeting-house."

This statement, in its leading features, is copied by Mr. Cutler,
into his " Sermon on the origin, progress, and present condition of
St. Andrews Church, Hanover, Massachusetts," which was pub-
lished in 1848 ; 2 to which he adds, " Whether any minister of the
Church of England had previously visited or resided as a mission-
ary," in Scituate, " does not appear. The Society for Propa-

l History of Scituate, p. 45. 2 Sermon, p. 4.

76 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

gating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which is connected with the
Church of England, and to whose assistance this Church was sub-
sequently indebted for aid, had missionaries located in New Eng-
land, some years prior to this visit of Dr. Cutler, in 1725, and it
is not impossible that their labors may have been held in this
region."

In a communication, received from John Barstow, Esq., of
Providence, R. I., he speaks of the Rev. Mr. Miller, of Braintree,
Mass., as one of these Missionaries, and says, that, in his annual
Report to the Society, in 1731, he observes that " he had preached
from time to time to the people of the Church of England, in Scit-
uate, and the neighboring towns, that the services were held in a
private house, and that the auditory was so large that the house
could not contain them."

The first meeting-house belonging to this Church, was erected
in 1731, on the central part of Church hill, in Scituate, and en-
larged in 1753 ; ' and, though not entirely finished at the time,
it " was opened for divine service, October 11, 1731, when Mr.
Miller preached a sermon, and baptised eight children. More
people were present than the church could contain. Mr. Miller
preached again, on the last day of November, being St. Andrew's
day, from which the Church takes its name. The members of the
Church sent an earnest request, to the Society in England, to pro-
vide them a missionary, and the Rev. Mr. Davenport was sent
them, with an allowance, from the Society, of £60 per annum, and
an allowance of Books, for Libraries, and devotional books, for
distribution among the poorer members. Mr. Davenport continued
their Rector, from 1733, to 1736, inclusive." 2

Deane states, that Mr. Davenport, who graduated at Harvard
University, in 1719, and also received a degree at Oxford, Eng-
land, gave, in 1743, " his house and land in Scituate, to the Society
for propagating the gospel in foreign parts, in trust, towards the
support of the ministers of St. Andrew's Church in Scituate, in
perpetuity ; and in this conveyance, he adverts to the fact of his

1 It was struck by lightning many years ago, but experienced no material
njury. It had a steeple, and bell.

2 Letter of John Barstow, Esq.

OLD EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

PRESENT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

SETTLEMENT OF MR. THOMPSON. 77

having been their first rector" ' We shall have occasion to refer
to this gift hereafter.

Rev. Mr. Brockwell, the next Rector, had charge of the society
"from 1737, to the early part of 1739. He then left Scituate,
and accepted a call from a Church in Salem. While he preached
at St. Andrews, he received £60 per annum, from the Society in
England." 2

I From the time Mr. Brockwell left Scituate, the church was des-
titute of a regularly appointed minister, until 1743, when the
mission was re-established, by the appointment of Rev. Ebenezer
Thompson, of New Haven, as Rector, with a yearly allowance
from the society, in England, of <£40 per annum ; and he con-
tinued in his office until his death, November 28, 1775, aged 64. 3
The request for this renewal of the mission, came not only from
Scituate, but from citizens of Hanover, Pembroke, and Marsh-
field.

During the settlement of Mr. Thompson, he resided, for about
thirty years, on the glebe which had been given by Mr. Daven-
port ; but for a year or two before his death, he purchased and
occupied the house now owned and occupied by Mr. John Gardner,
in Scituate, and there resided at the date of his decease. He is
spoken of as a prudent, worthy minister, pleasing and interesting
in his conversation and general deportment. He was buried in
the burial-ground connected with the church, on the hill, in
Scituate. His widow died, July 27, 1813, in the 99th year of
her age,4 and her remains are deposited by his side.

According to Mr. Barstow, Mr. Thompson was the son of Eben-
ezer Thompson, of New Haven, Connecticut, and was born in
1711, and married Esther Stephens, of New Haven. His children,
born in New Haven, were Esther, who died young, and Ebenezer,
born January 15, 1735. After his removal to Scituate, he had
John, Amey, Anna, Lucy, Lois, Mary, and Jane. John, died in
early life, atBilboa, in Spain. Amey, married Benjamin Palmer,
of Scituate, and died, May 16, 1813, aged 73. Her daughter

1 Hist. Scituate, p. 46.

2 Letter of John Barstow, Esq.

8 Letter of J. Barstow, and Mr. Cutler's Sermon, p. 7.
4 Mr. Cutler's Sermon, p. 8.

78 • HISTORY OP HANOVER.

married Dr. Freeman Foster, of Scituate. Anna, died May 2,
1816, aged 71. Lucy, died December 3, 1819, aged 72. Lois,
died November 14, 1826, aged 76. Mary, married Lemuel Ran-
som, and died July 9, 1833, aged 81. Jane, married Rev. Wil-
liam W. Wheeler, and died July 30, 1821, aged 64. All the
above lie in the burial ground on Church hill.

Ebenezer, the surviving son, settled in Providence, Rhode Is-
land, in 1764, having previously married Lydia Kennicott, by
whom he had Sarah, 1760 ; — Edward K., 1762; — and Mary,
1764. His wife, Lydia, died in 1770, and he married her sister
Elizabeth, by whom he had five sons, and one daughter, viz :
Ebenezer, John, Thomas, Joseph, Lydia, and Stephen.

Edward Kennicott, the son of Ebenezer and Lydia, went to Al-
exandria, Virginia, to engage in commercial pursuits, and there
married Sarah Kuhn Swoope, daughter of Col. Michael Swoope,
and removed soon after to Providence, Rhode Island, where he
had five children, Mary Ann, 1789 ; — Elizabeth K., 1791 ; —
Sarah Swoope, March, 1794, married John Barstow, Esq., 1828,
now of Providence ; — Edward K., 1797 ; — and Esther L., 1802.

After the death of Mr. Thompson, the services of the Church,
in Scituate, were suspended for a season, during the War with
Great Britain, popular sentiment in New England then setting
very strongly against the form of worship prescribed - by the
Church of England ; and, except the occasional services of Rev.
Samuel Parker, from 1780, to 1782, the Church remained without
a Rector, until the appointment of Rev. William W. Wheeler,
May 15, 1783. During the time that Mr. Parker served the
Church, Joseph Donnell, of Hanover, and Benjamin James, Jr. ,
of Scituate, were Wardens, and Dr. Charles Stockbridge, and
Benjamin Jacobs, of Scituate, and Elijah Curtis, Thomas Stock-
bridge, Jr., Mordecai Ellis, Stephen Bailey, and Benjamin Mann,
of Hanover, were vestrymen.

We should have remarked, that Job Otis, Thomas Bardin, Ja-
cob Bailey, Joseph House, Isaac Buck, Isaac Hatch, Henry Mer-
ritt, and John Lane, all of Hanover, are spoken of as " Church-
men," on the town records, in 1736 ; so that citizens of Hanover
have been connected with the Society, from about the date of its
first formation.

REMOVAL OF THE CHURCH TO HANOVER. 79

Mr. Wheeler officiated as Rector, in Hanover, and elsewhere a
portion of the time, until his death, whiqh took place, January 14,
1810, at the age of 75. It was during his Rectorship, in 1797,
that the church was incorporated, Charles Bailey, and Thomas
Barstow, Jr. being wardens.

About the year 1810, owing to difficulties in the First Parish
in Hanover, some of the members left, and joined the Episcopal
Church. ' This led to the proposition, for the erection of a new
Church, in a more favorable location ; and, at a meeting of the
parish, held April 24, 1810, it was " Voted, that the Society are
willing to attend public worship in Hanover, provided individuals
will build a new Church in said Hanover. 2 This house was
built in 1811, at an expense of $5,000, — the building committee
consisting of Horatio dishing, Esq., Reuben Curtis, and Edward
Eells ; Capt. Albert Smith, and Melzar Curtis, Esq., being the con-
tractors for its erection ; and it was consecrated to the worship of
God, according to the usage of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
June 13, 1811, by Bishop Griswold, being the first church in
Massachusetts consecrated by him.

In the same year, 1811, a subscription for the endowment of a
perpetual fund for the Church was made, amounting to §1236. 75 j
to which was afterwards added the sum of $188. 82, from the
proceeds of the old church, and other items. 3 The Trustees of this
fund were incorporated, in 1815, and in 1848, it consisted of 22
shares in the State Bank, Boston, valued at $1,320. This is
now invested in the Parsonage, occupied by Mr. Cutler.

After the erection of the Church, in Hanover, which stands near
the Four Corners, Rev. Joab G. Cooper, was elected Rector, and
held that office until 1816, when he retired. According to Deane,
he was from Long Island. 4 Rev. Calvin Wolcott, the next Rector,
was chosen in 1818, and continued to serve until 1834, when he
resigned. He is now settled as colleague, with the Rev. Dr»
Tyng, in New York, and during his settlement in Hanover, the af-
fairs of his Society were in a prosperous condition. An account of
his family will be found in our Genealogical Sketches.

In 1835, Rev. Samuel G. Appleton, took charge of the parish

1 Cutler's Sermon, p. 14. 3 Cutler's Sermon, p. 14.

2 Ibid, p. 6. 4 Hist. Scituate, p. 47. V<

80 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

and continued with it until November, 1838 ; and during his
Rectorship, a new organ was purchased, at an expense of $450.
Eleazer A. Greenleaf, the next Rector, took charge of the Parish
in 1839, and remained until 1841, in which year the present
Rector, Rev. Samuel Cutler, came to the place, and here he has
since remained, now residing in the fine parsonage house, built for
him in 1849, which stands on Washington street, near the Four
Corners.

It is remarked, by Deane, that the Episcopal Church in Marsh-
field, established as early as 1745, was for many years connected
with St. Andrews, the rector of the latter officiating there one
Sabbath in four ; — also the Church in Taunton, where the rector
of St. Andrews likewise officiated one Sabbath in four. '

For a fuller account of this Society than our limits permit us to
give, we must refer our readers to the valuable discourse of Mr.
Cutler, from which we have largely quoted, and to which we have
been greatly indebted for many of the facts herewith presented.

We are happy to say, in concluding this sketch, that the Church
at the Corners, is in a prosperous condition, under their present
Rector, and as an indication of their outward progress, we may
remark, that their temple has lately changed its appearance some-
what, by the removal of the old steeple, and the erection of a new
one ; and this Society, like that in the centre of the town, numbers
among its members many of our most valuable and enterprising
citizens.

UNIVERSALISTS.

There is no Universalist Society properly within the limits of
Hanover, although one has existed, for many years, in the westerly
part of Scituate, whose house of Worship stands within less than
three rods of the boundary line of Hanover.

This parish was commenced as early as 1766, and is referred
to, not only on the records of Scituate, of that date, but also of
Hanover ; and many items relating to its history, are found on
the books of the latter town. Besides, as quite a number of our
citizens are connected with the Universalist Society, and as three
of its pastors have resided in Hanover, — two of the number being

1 History of Scituate, p. 47.

OLD UNIVERSALIS!' MEETING- HOUSE.

PRESENT UNIVERSALIST MEETING HOUSE.

UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 81

still citizens of the town, of whom the Author is one, — he feels
that if full sketches of the First Parish, and of St. Andrew's
Church, have been given, a few words, with reference to the
denomination with which he is personally connected, may be
permitted him.

The petition of the inhabitants of the northerly part of Hanover,
praying to be set off as a separate district, or parish, which was
presented in 1766, did not ask that the new parish should be of a
different faith from the old ; although, doubtless, there was not an
entire sympathy between the views of the petitioners, and those of
the rest of the inhabitants. The town, however, refused to grant
the request. In 1767, the signers of the first petition, with others,
from Hanover, and Scituate, petitioned the General Court to be
set off as a Parish by themselves ; and the Town chose a Com-
mittee to oppose them. In 1771, this petition to the General
Court was renewed, but without success.

In 1792, the Town voted to permit Mr. Mellen to preach a fei
Sabbaths in the house which the petitioners had erected in Scituate,
as early as the date of their first movement towards being set off.

December 12, 1796. A new petition was presented to the
town " for a parish in the North part of Hanover," which was
signed by David Jacobs, Elisha Barrell, Jesse Curtis, Nathaniel
Jacobs, Eells Damon, Elisha Simmons, David Jacobs, Jr., Ezra
Damon, Thomas Hatch, Curtis Brooks, Amos Curtis, Ezra Briggs,
Jr., Benjamin Mann, Jr., Peres Jacobs, Joshua Simmons, and
Ebenezer Curtis ; — but this petition met with the same fate as
those which had preceded it, being rejected.

Finally, in 1812, petitioners, from Scituate, and Hanover, were
incorporated as a " Universalist Society,' ' and from that day to
this, the Society has continued in existence, and is still in good
standing with the denomination.

This Society was one of the first of the Universalist order,
established in Plymouth County ; its members being residents of
Scituate, Hanover, Abington, Halifax, Duxbury, and other towns ;
and Rev. John Murray, an early apostle of Universalism, preached
in the old meeting-house 60 years ago. The present neat and
commodious edifice, was erected during the pastorship of Rev.
Robert L. Killam, in 1832, and stands on a beautiful eminence.

82 HISTOKY OF HANOVER.

near Barstow's hill, just on the line between South Scituate and
Hanover, — the Church itself being in South Scituate.

The old meeting house, which stood on the same site as the
present house, was two stories high; the roof pitching East and
West ; with a porch on the East, extending from the ground to the
eaves, having doors, in front, and on each side of the same, with
stairways within, leading to the galleries. There were doors on
the North and South ends of the house, about the centre of the
same ; and two rows of windows, the lower row lighting the body
of the house, and the upper the galleries. There were pews in th
floor, but the galleries were furnished with long seats, or benches,
T3S was the custom in those days. The house had neither steeple
nor bell, was unplastered for a long time ; nor had it a chimney,
until after the commencement of the present century. It was a
venerable structure, and beneath its roof, the members of the So-
ciety enjoyed, for many years, the ministrations of the gospel, ac-
cording io their own views of its teachings, though at first the
parish was in a measure an off-shoot from the older parishes, in
Scituate and Hanover.

The names of those who have preached to the Society, from
time to time, are, David Pickering; Samuel Baker; Elias
Smith ; Joshua Flagg ; Benjamin Whittemore ; Robert L. Killam,
from 1829 to 1838 ; H. W. Morse, 1838 ; John E. Dyer,
1839 ; J. E. Burnham, 1840 ; John S. Barry, 1841—1844 ;
M. E. Hawes, 1844 & 5; Horace P. Stevens, 1846 & 7; and
Robinson Breare, the present pastor, settled in 1849.

The names of the original members of the Society, appended to
the Act of Incorporation, granted June 18, 1812, are, *Enoch
Collamore, *Loring Jacobs, Ichabod R. Jacobs, J[ohn Jones, Jr.,
Calvin Wilder, *James H. Jacobs, *Charles Totman, Charles
Jones, ( in Illinois, ) *Isaac N. Damon, Joshua Bowker, *James
Jacobs, Abel Silvester, *Charles Simmons, *William Hyland,
*David Turner, *Samuel Randall, Jr., *Samuel Randall, *Joshua
Damon, Ebenezer Totman, *Jonathan Turner, *Enoch 'Collamore,
Jr., *Benjamin Bowker, John Gross, *Josiah Witherell, *Samuel
Simmons, *John Jones, *Peleg Simmons, Jr., *Se,th Stoddard,
*George Litchfield, *Elisha Gross, *Reuben Sutton, Theophilus
Cortherell, Edward E. Jacobs, *Elisha Barrell, Elisha Barrell,
Jr., Stephen Jacobs, and *Edward Curtis.

BAPTIST MEETING HOUSE,

BAPTIST SOCIETY. 83

Those to whose names an asterisk is prefixed, have since de-
ceased ; some have removed ; and of the original number, but ten
remain, all of whom still " hold fast to the profession of their faith
without wavering. ' '

This Society is in a prosperous condition, and free from debt ;
and though many of its older members have deceased within a few
years, whose familiar faces are seen no more, yet those who re-
main can be relied upon, we think, for its future and permanent
support.

BAPTIST SOCIETY.

The First Baptist Church, in Hanover, was constituted Feb. 11,
180G, and was composed of members from the First Church, in
Marshfield, residing in Hanover, and Scituate, favorable to the
religious opinions held by that denomination. Rev. Barnabas
Perkins, was the first pastor ; and from 1807, to 1809, William
Curtis served the infant Society. In 1810, Rev. John Butler
was settled, and ordained to the work of the Gospel Ministry, in
December of the same year. Mr. Butler continued to labor with
this Church about 11 years, serving them with much ability, and
with good success. During his ministry, their house of worship
was erected, in 1812, which stands on Main Street, and is a small,
but neat edifice, in good repair, and of fair proportions. -

From 1824, to 1832, the Church passed through seasons of
trial and discouragement, and did not enjoy, for much of the time,
a stated ministry. Mr. Darius Dunbar, was ordained to the
pastoral office, in 1833, remained about two years, and was suc-
ceeded by Rev. Robert B. Dickie, from Nova Scotia, who entered
upon his duties, July 1, 1834, and remained until Sept. 3, 1836.
Rev. Horace Seaver, of Maine, was the next pastor, preached
about two years, and was followed by Rev. Nathan Stetson, whose
name appears on the Minutes of 1839.

From 1840, to 1842, Rev. Thomas Conant, now of Scituate,
served the Society ; and after his removal, for a period of between
two and three years, the Society was destitute of a pastor. In
1845, Rev. Nathan Chapman entered upon its charge, but re-
mained only one year, and was followed, in 1846-7, by Rev. B.
N. Harris. In June, 1849, Rev. William N. Slason, the present

84 HISTORY OF HANOVEE.

pastor, took charge of the Society, and his services, we believe,
have been acceptable and profitable.

This Society, though small, is highly respectable in its charac-
ter ; its members are zealous ; and the earnestness with which
they have engaged in the cause of religion, is worthy of all praise.
Its officers, have been men of excellent standing in the community;
and to their energy, is doubtless to be attributed much of the So-
ciety's success. The present Deacons, — Col. John Collamore, of
South Scituate, and John Brooks, of Hanover, (the former of
whom was long and favorably known as one of the Board of
County Commissioners, ) have long held the office which they now
sustain, and are men never weary in well doing.

CHAPTER VI. /0^O^

PUBLIC
EDUCATION. ^/gR^

" From education as the leading cause,
The public character its color draws ;
Thence the prevailing manners take their cast,
Extravagant or sober, loose or chaste." Cowper.

Early laws for the support of education — Our Common School System — School-
masters— Schools established in Hanover — Mr. Fitzgerald — Joseph Cushing —
Luke Stetson — Sketch from 1750 to 1840 — Table of appropriations — Academy,
Mr. Chaddock's — Removal to the Four Corners — Second building— New Edi-

■f fice, built in 18-32 — Proprietors.

Very early in the history of the Plymouth Colony, it was " pro-
posed by the Court unto the severall Townshipes of this Jurisdic-
tion as a thinge they ought to take into theire serious considera-
tion That some course may be taken that in every towne there
may be a Scoolmaster sett up to traine up children to reading and
writing ; " * and in 1677, we read, that " Forasmuch as the main-
tainance of good literature doth much tend to the advancement of
the weale and nourishing estate of societies and Republiques^ —
This Court doth therefor order ; That in whatsoever township in
this Govrment consisting of fifty families or upwards ; any meet
man shall be obtained to teach a Gramer Scoole such townshipp
shall allow at least twelve pounds in currant marchantable pay to
be raised by rate on all the Inhabitants of such Towne, and those
that have the more emediate benefitt thereof by theere Childrens
good and general good shall make up the resedue necessarie to
maintain the same, and that the profitts ariseing of the Cape
Fishing, heretofore ordered to maintaine a Gramer Scoole in this
Collonie, be destributed to such Townes as have such Gramer
Scooles for the maintainance thereof ; not exceeding five pounds
per annum to any such Towne, unless the Court Treasurer or

l Laws, p. 143.

86 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

other apointecl to manage that affaire see good cause to adcle
therimto to any respective Towne not exceeding five pounds more
pr anum ; and further this Court orders that every such Towne as
consists of seaventy families or upwards and hath not a gramer
scoole therein shall allow and pay unto the next towne which hath
such Gramar scoole kept up amongst them, the sum of five pounds
p annum in current merchantable pay, to be levied on the Inhab-
itants of such defective townes by rate, and gathered and deliv-
ered by the Constables of such Townes as by warrant from any
Majestrate of this Jurisdiction shalbe required." 1

In 1672, it was ordered, that " every County Town shall have
and maintain a Latine School ; which if they do and the Master
( be ) judged by the major part of the ministers of the County a
Person capable to bring up Youth fitt for the Colledge ; then such
Town for their encouragement shall have one third part annually
of the money raised on the account of the Cape Fishery, &c." 2
Those who enjoyed the benefit of this school, by sending their
children, were " to pay three pence a week for Writing and
Reading, and six pence a week for a Schollar after he comes to
his Grammar;" and every such schoolmaster was " to be capable
to teach to Write and Cypher," and was " to receive children
after they are fit to begin in their Psalter," &c.3

This was the foundation of our justly celebrated system of Mas-
sachusetts Common School Instruction ; — and from this
policy, the people have never departed. One of the bright spots
in our history is, that through all reverses of fortune, and in all
times of danger and peril, the education of the young has always
been properly attended to. It is this that has given success to
our enterprise, prosperity to our commerce, and stability to our
institutions.

In early days, we are told, " the only schoolmasters were the
clergy of the towns, who exercised this office in many instances in
addition to the arduous duties of their peculiar avocation. Youths
were received into their families to receive a preparation for col-
lege, and over the whole body of the younger portion of the in-
habitants they extended their care.'

>? 4

1 Colony Lyws, p. 185. 3 Colony Laws, p. 300.

2 Ibid, p. 300. 4 Winsor's Duxbuy, p. 71.

ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS. 87

Many of the first settlers of Scituate, according to Deane, 1
were men of intelligence and education. " It was an object of
high emulation," he remarks, " as well as of religious principle
with the early Congregational Churches, to be supplied with a
thoroughly educated ministry ; and such, without exception, were
those pastors who, having been silenced in England, came hither
to minister to the little flocks in the wilderness : nay, men of edu-
cation and talents were selected for the subordinate offices in the

Churches Professional school-masters were few, and

there was no publick provision for their remuneration. Not only
the pastors, but other men of learning must have given instruc-
tions, and almost gratuitously, in their own houses. It is known
that Mr. Chauncy prepared his own sons, and others, for college,
and also several young men for the ministry, between 1640 and
1650. Mr. "Witherell had been a Grammar school-master by pro-
fession, before leaving England, and many proofs are left of his
skill in the languages."

By the enactment of the Colony Laws, to which we have re-
ferred, school-teachers, as a class, were encouraged ; and many
men, of learning, and virtue, attached themselves to this pro-
fession.

In the Act incorporating the Town of Hanover, the customary
stipulation, of the establishment and support of a school was in-
serted ; and accordingly, March 2, 1727-8, it was " voted to keep
a school this year at three places, where the selectmen shall think
best ; " and <£27 10s. old tenor, were assessed for its support. Who
the teacher was at this time, does not appear. The school was
kept in private houses, and those of Joseph Cornish, and John
Bailey, were used for the purpose.

1729, May 29, it was " voted to have a school at or near
the meeting-house."

1730, April 17, a standing school was voted, " at or near the
meeting house ; " and May 18, provisions were made for building
a school house of wood. This first school house stood near the
centre of the town, and tradition says it was opposite the present
gun-house.

1734, May 14, Richard Fitzgerald was voted " school-
master ; " and he continued to teach in the town until his death,

l Hist. Scituate, p. 92.

88 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

in 1746. From whence Mr. F. originated, I have been unable to
learn. He seems to have been a man of talent, well skilled in
the languages, especially the Latin, and to have taught with good
success. He was an instructor in Scituate, before his settlement
in Hanover, and had the honor of preparing for the University
the Hon. William Cushing, LL. D., who graduated at Harvard
College, in 1751, and was educated for the bar under the care of
the celebrated Jeremy Gridley, of Boston, for many years Attorney
General of the Province of Massachusetts. ! We consider the
town highly favored, in securing the services of so valuable a man,
early in their municipal career ; and under his judicious training,
many were reared, who afterwards became distinguished, in the
Town and the State.

1746, March 16, a moveable school voted, "to be kept the first
three months at the school-house by the meeting-house ; the next
three, at or near the house of John Studley ( who lived near the
Four Corners ) ; the third term at or near the house of David
Jenkins ( probably in the Salmond District,) ; and the last term,
at or near the house of Isaac Hatch, (in the Westerly part of the
town, or what is now the King Street District. ) "

1748, June 27, a moveable school voted, to be kept from De-
cember 16, to March 16, at the new school house near Silvanus
Wing's ( on Circuit Street,) ; from October 1, to December 16,
at or near the dwelling house of Benjamin Stetson, the residents
of that quarter to provide the place ; from August 1, to October
1, at or near William Dwelley's, the residents of that quarter to
provide the place ; and the remainder of the year at the school-
house by the meeting-house. October 31, £6 10s. were voted
to John Barker, for boarding the school-master in 1747, and £4
10s. to Silvanus Wing, and £6, to John House, for the like pur-
pose.

1750, A moving school voted for this year. Nov. 27th, Voted
to Margaret Fitzgerald 18s. 8d, " for boarding Joseph Cushing
school master, last winter." This is the first time Mr. Cushing's
name appears on the records, as a teacher ; and he continued to
serve the town in that capacity, a part of the time, for several
years. He is the gentleman, who afterwards became distin-

l Deane's Scituate, 256-7.

SCHOOLS, 1752, TO 1774. 89

guished in the history of the State, and whose services we shall
sketch in our Chapter on the Revolution.

1752. Luke Stetson, is named ae one of the masters for this
year ; bills of board, for twenty-six weeks, being audited and al-
lowed, and his own bill of services ; and he continued to teach for
several years. Mr. Stetson was a native of Hanover; and he,
with Mr. disking, were both, probably, pupils of Mr. Fitz-
gerald, and received from him valuable aid, qualifying them for
the posts they held.

It would seem, from our records, that a school was taught
throughout the year, both summer and winter. The attendance
of girls, was greatest in the summer season ; that of boys, in
the winter; many being kept at home, by their parents, a portion
of the time, to assist in the labors of the farm. In this respect,
boys in the city then, and always have, enjoyed advantages far
superior to those in our country towns.

1763. The selectmen were authorised to hire a school-master
for one year, " to keep the school in each quarter of the town,
three months at a place."

1772, March 9. A committee was chosen to divide the town
into four quarters, and to determine where each school-house should
stand ; and] they reported, " First, that the school-house by the
meeting-house, in the middle quarter, so called, stands as con-
veniently to accommodate said quarter as we can place it.
Second, the school-house in the East quarter is equally convenient
in location. Thirdly, in the North quarter, or on Curtis Street,
we recommend the removal of the house Northward, between the
dwelling houses of Joseph Bates and Caleb Sylvester. Fourthly,
in the Westerly quarter we recommend either the removal of the
present school-house to a spot of plain ground between the dwell-
ing-houses of Isaac Hatch and Stephen Randall, or the erection of
an additional house between the dwelling-houses of Eliab and Ben-
jamin Studley, the time to be equally divided between said two
school-houses."

1773, October 26. Voted to Isaiah Josselynn £3 15s., for
keeping school one month, from December 9, 1772, to January 16,
1773.

1774, March 14. £11 were voted to support a Grammar school

7

90 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

this year. Also, " voted to give the old school-house by the meet-
ing-house, to the middle quarter of the Town, they repairing the
same, or building a new one on the same spot."

177 T, May 19. The Selectmen instructed to provide a school
for the town as usual.

1778, March 20. Voted to postpone the school till October
next.

1781, April 2. X600 in continental bills, voted for the use of
a school ; and October 29, the selectmen were instructed to " hire
a school-master as soon as may be."

1784, March 15. The selectmen were instructed to hire a
grammar school-master for three months ; and Mr. Thomas, is
named as one of the teachers for this year. At the same meeting,
Joseph Brooks, Joseph Ramsdell, Jr., Robert L. Eells, and Timo-
thy Robbins, with the three selectmen, were chosen to divide the
town into four quarters ; and ifc was voted " that one quarter shall
not send their children into another school." For some years be-
fore this, it had been a custom, with those parents most anxious for
the instruction of their children, to keep them at school as much
as possible ; and hence they travelled from quarter to quarter, as
the school was moved, to enjoy this advantage. Complaints having
been made against this course, by the above vote it was stopped.

1800, January 6. The School money to be divided into four
parts, " according to the number of scholar^ in each quarter of
the town."

1801, April 6. A Committee chosen to number the scholars in
each school district.

1802, March 8. A Committee of two from each district chosen
to report how the money should be divided in the several districts,
and they recommended to district the town anew, and divide the
money equally in the districts, and their report was accepted.

1804. Capt. Daniel Earstow, Calvin Railey, Snow Curtis,
Robert Eells, Elisha Barrell, Jr., Joshua Mann, and Clement Bates,
were chosen to divide the school money ; — from which it appears
that there were then seven districts in the town.

1808. The school districts were numbered as follows : — The
Meeting-house District, No. 1 ; Broad Oak District, No. 2 ; Up-
per Forge District, No. 3 ; Drinkwater District, No. 4 ; Beech

SCHOOLS 1812 TO 1837. 91

Woods District, No. 5 ; Curtis Street District, No. 6 ; Snappet
District, No. 7. The Curtis street District was divided in 1831-
2, the Southerly part being called No 8 ; and this is the number
into which the town is now divided .

1812. The three selectmen, and the three ministers were
chosen a School Committee. Petitions were presented this year
for aid to the small districts, and the town voted that " no district
should draw a larger sum than $105, nor any less than $45, or
in that proportion according to the sum raised."

1819, March 8. A School Committee was chosen, consisting of
" the three selectmen, and all the ministers in the town, together
with Ebenezer Curtis, John B. Barstow, Robert Salmon, Caleb
Whiting, Elisha Barrell, Jr., and Elijah Wing." November 1: —
This Committee was discharged, and a new one chosen, consisting
of Bev. John Butler, Bev. Calvin Wolcott, Bev. Seth Chapin,
Aaron Hobart, Esq., and Dr. Joshua Studley.

1822, November 4. The Committee chosen to divide the school
money were instructed to mate out a list of the scholars from four
to sixteen years of age, with the names of their parents or guar-
dians.

1827. A general Committee of seven chosen, and seven per-
sons as a prudential Committee, one for each district.

1886. Voted to divide the school money, one half on the dis-
tricts, and the other half on the scholars ; and this course, with
but few exceptions, has been pursued to the present time.

1837. Voted to apply §200 of the surplus revenue to schools
this vear.

We have no means at hand, for ascertaining the names of the
school boohs used in the town one hundred years ago. From our
oldest citizens we learn that the Psalter, the New England Primer,
and the Testament, were the principal reading boohs in their
• school days, and the Young Man's Companion, and Pike's were
the most common Arithmetics. There was one spelling book
before Noah Webster's ; this last was introduced nearly seventy
years ago. There was also a small Geography used in some of the
schools. Text books were not so numerous as now.

Among the female teachers " Ma'am Mann," as she is called,
was one of the most celebrated, and taught, in Hanover and Scit-
uate, seventy years ago. Girls carried their " samplers "to be

92 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

wrought, and their " knitting and sewing." It sometimes taxed
the patience of our worthy pedagogues severely, to have little
misses come up and ask questions about their knitting. Luke
Stetson, it is said, told one of his pupils to " widen, — widen," —
until she had knit her stocking " as wide as a meal bag."

Considerable improvement has been made of late in our school-
houses. The old, dilapidated structures, which were visible in all
the districts a few years since, are gradually giving way to more
commodious and tasteful edifices. The houses in Districts No. 2,
3, and 4, are quite neat. In 1847, the question of the town's
purchasing the existing school houses, and erecting new ones in
the several districts, began to be agitated, and eventually the
course was adopted, and is now being carried out.

The following table exhibits the amount appropriated for the
support of schools at different periods.

1728.

Old Tenor.

£27 10s.

1782-'91. In

Silver.

£60 00s.

1729-35.

u

50 00s.

1792-'93.

a

75 00s.

1736.

M

55 00s.

1798-1802.

a

$300 00

1738-'40.

a

60 00s.

1802-'03.

a

450

1741-'42.

a

80 00s.

1804-'05.

u

550 00

1743-45.

u

100 00s.

1806-'32.

u

600 00

1747.

a

145 00s.

1833-'38.

a

800 00

1762.

In Silver.

26 13s

1838-'47.

((

1000 00

1763-'69.

u

30 13s.

1848.

u

1200 00

17 70-' 7 7.

a

27 16s.8d

1849-'50.

u

1250 00

1779.

In Bills.

200 00s.

1851-52.

a

1300 00

1781.

•a

600 00s.

From the foregoing table, it appears that the amount, appro-
priated by the Town for the support of Schools, has been doubled
within the last 20 years. This fact, we think, speaks well for our
citizens, and shows a commendable interest in the cause of Edu-
cation.

Our schools, we think, will not suffer in comparison with those
of equal size in the neighboring towns. A desire is felt to procure
good teachers, and to pay them liberally for their services. We
hope this interest, in so vital a cause, will continue to increase ;
and that the amount appropriated, will keep pace with the wants
of our children, and the ability of the people.

ACADEMY.

93

ACADEMY.

In 1792, the State of Massachusetts encouraged the establish-
ment of Academies within its limits, bj grants of tracts of land in
the District of Maine. In consequence of these grants, many
such institutions sprung into existence, and contributed greatly to
aid the cause of education, by giving more thorough instruction in
the different branches taught in the public schools. In 1798, the
attention of the citizens of Hanover was turned to this subject,
and March 7, a Committee was appointed to draw up a petition to
the General Court, probably for an Act of Incorporation. We
hear no more of the matter, however, until after the settlement
of Rev. Calvin Chaddock, in 1806, and he, having been for some
years preceptor of an Academy in Rochester, Massachusetts,
which he built at his own expense, and where, in the short space
of six years, nearly 1300 different pupils were taught by him,
soon took measures for establishing one in Hanover ; and so well
was he seconded in his efforts, that before 1808, a building was
erected for that purpose, and was ready for occupancy. It stood
on the common, a little West of the Centre Meeting House, and
was two stories high, of fair proportions, neatly painted, furnished
with Venetian blinds, and crowned with a cupola and bell. A res-
pectable number of pupils of both sexes attended the school, from

94 HISTORY OF HANOVER

towns both of Plymouth and Norfolk counties. Beside the com-
mon English branches, instruction was given in the Latin and
Greek languages, the higher mathematics, navigation, surveying,
&c; and in the female department, under the charge of Mrs. C,
considerable attention was given to embroidery, and painting in
water colors ; and all the pupils took part in weekly declamations,
on Wednesday afternoons, in the hall above the school-room.
Many young men were fitted for college here, some of whom were
subsequently distinguished for eminence in their professions ; and
of the " honorable women not a few," Mrs. Almira Little Torrey,
is named, as one " whose amiable disposition, high intelligence,
and devoted piety, have embalmed her memory in the hearts of a
numerous circle of friends ; and who, by means of her interesting
and published memoirs, being dead, yet speaketh."1

" The venerable founder of Hanover Academy," says Mr. A.,
" will not be forgotten, either by those 'who sat at his feet,' as
pupils, or were his hearers as a preacher of the Gospel." The
town has reason to remember him with gratitude, for his patient
and earnest efforts for the improvement of the young.

This school continued in a flourishing condition, throughout the
period of the settlement of Mr. C; but soon after his departure,
it began visibly to decline, and was finally suspended for a season.
The first Sabbath School was held in this building, during the
ministry of Mr. Chapin, — the Assembly's Catechism being the in-
struction book placed in the children's hands. At length, about
the year 1822, the building was sold, moved to the Four Corners,
and is now occupied as a store, and shoe-manufactory, by Mr.
Stephen Josselynn.

The second Academy, was erected in 1828, and stood on
Broadway, not far from the Episcopal Church. It was built, in
shares of §25 each, at an expense of about $1200; — the
Trustees were Incorporated in 1829 ; and the names of the ori-
ginal shareholders were, Alexander Wood, Esq., Capt. Haviland
Torrey, Joseph Eells, Ephraim Stetson, Dr. Ezekiel D. Cushing,
Rev. Calvin Wolcott, Sarah Gardner, Robert Eells, Asaph
Magoun, Horace Collamore, Esq., Gen. A. W. Oldham, Capt.
Tilden Crooker, Benjamin C. Pratt, Ethan A. Stetson, Capt.

1 Letter of Lucius Aldeu.

NEW ACADEMY. 95

William Josselynn, Eli Stetson, Joseph S. Bates, Horatio Gushing,
Esq., Isaac Magoun, Col. John B. Barstow, Capt. Thomas Water-
man, Capt. Nathaniel Barstow, John C. Stockbridge, George Bai-
ley, Dr. Joshua Studlcy, Justus Whiting, Thomas Damon, Ben-
jamin Mann, Esq., Lemuel Dwelley, Samuel Tolman, Jr., Elias
W. Pratt, Luther Ho wland, James 'Waterman, Samuel Waterman,
Samuel Stetson, Elias Magoun, John Barstow, Esq., Albert Clapp,
and John Wilder.

The preceptors at this Academy, from its erection in 1828,
were, Zephaniah Bass, 1828 ; Horace H. Rolfe, 1829 ; Rev.
Cyrus Holmes, 1830 ; Ethan Allen, 1830 ; Rev. Calvin Wolcott,
1831 ; John P. Washburn, 1832 ; Dr. Ira Warren, 1833 ; Thomas
F. White, 1831, and 1835 ; Herman Bourn, 183T ; Josiah Ful-
ler, 1838, and 1839 ; and Rev. Cyrus Holmes, 1810, to the year
previous to his death.

Since then, the Instructors have been Charles Hitchcock, who
taught two terms ; George Wolcott, who taught one term ; and
M. P. McLauthlin, Esq., the present Principal. There have
been female teachers connected with the Academy, a portion of
the time ; and the number of pupils, in 1832, was 56 ; m 1833,
31 ; and in 1834, 66.

In 1843, the Dorcas Society held meetings in the upper hall,
and the Episcopal Society also held evening prayer meetings in
the hall, once a week, during the same year.

Finally, in 1851, the friends of Education in the vicinity, think-
ing a better building was needed, endeavored to raise, in shares of
$25, each, a sum sufficient for that purpose ; and in a short time
§2,750 were subscribed, including a liberal donation of $1,000
from Mr. Samuel Salmond, to which was added $375 received for
the old house : and the present beautiful edifice, which stands a few
rods south of the old one, was built at an expense of about $3,500,
including the bell, which was a gift from Miss Salmond, — and
was dedicated, by appropriate services, March 2, 1852 ; the address
being delivered by Rev. E. Porter Dyer, of Hingham, the invo-.
catory prayer by Rev. A. G. Duncan, the dedicatory prayer by
Rev. Samuel Cutler, and hymns, composed by Miss Lucy S.
Delano, Rev. E. Porter Dyer, and Rev. A. G. Duncan, being
sung, under the direction of Mr. Benjamin Frost.

Other impromptu addresses were delivered, by Rev. H. D.

96

HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Walker, of East Abington, Rev. Mr. White, of North Abington,
Rev. W. N. Slason, of Hanover, and M. P. McLauthlin, the
Principal of the Academy.

The board of Trustees consists of Rev. Samuel Cutler, Presi-
dent, Alfred C. Garratt, M. D., Secretary, Rev. Abel G. Dun-
can, Samuel Salmond, Seth Barker, Elijah Barstow, Treasurer,
and M. Parris McLauthlin, ex officio. *

Mr. McLauthlin has had charge of the Academy for a few
years past, and his services have given general satisfaction, and
have been attended with a good degree of success. The institution
has no / kind invested for its support, but its income is derived from

* Proprietors of Hanover Academy 'with the number of shares owned by
each in 1852. Par value $25 per share. Erected 1851-52. Dedicated
March 2, 1852.

Samuel Salmond, Hanover,

Robert Sylvester, "

Seth Barker, "

Elijah Barstow, South Scituate,

Isaac H. Harding, "

Abner Stetson, "

Thomas Waterman, "

Young Ladies Society of St. An-
drews Church, Hanover, by the
Rector,

Dorcas Society of St. Andrews
Church, Hanover, by the Rec.

Samuel Cutler, Hanover,

Miss Frances Baldwin, Hanover,

Alexander Wood, "

Gustavus Percival, "

Stephen Josselynn,

Thos. B. Donnell,

Haviland Torrey, Pembroke,

Hannah Barstow, Hanover,

Levi Sturtevant, Jr., Pembroke

Adams Billings, "

Charles Dyer, Hanover,

Luther Howland, Hanson,

Robert Hersey, Hanover,

Martin W. Stetson,

Hannah Stetson,

John P. Eells^

Benjamin Whitwell

John Sylvester,

Nathaniel Barstow,

Benj. F. Burgess,

M. P. McLauthlin,

Michael Sylvester,

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George Curtis, Hanover,
Sam'l Tolman, Jr., Soutlr Scituate,
Lemuel C. Waterman, So. Scit.
J. M. Smith, and G. P. Clapp,

South Scituate,
Warren Wright, Hanover,
Jos. B. Fobes, "

Edmund Q. Sylvester, Hanover,
Robert E. Dwelley,
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Cost of Academy.

Total amount for land,build-

ing, and fixtures, s3,488 52

The expense was defrayed by
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Sale of Old Academy, 375

Donation of a Bell, 138

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dies Societies,

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LAWYERS. 97

the quarterly fee paid by the pupils, and the number of scholars
of both sexes in attendance, averages about 50.

LAWYERS.

Previous to the Revolution, and for some years afterwards,
there was no regularly educated lawyer settled in Hanover ; the
business usually transacted by the members of this profession, be-
ing attended to by Elijah Cushing, Esq., Joseph Gushing, Esq.,
David Stockbridge, Esq., and a few other enterprising and edu-
cated Justices of the Peace, and by the Selectmen of the
Town.

The first lawyer who settled in the town, so far as our records
show, was Benjamin Whitman, Esq., son of Zachariah Whitman,
of South Bridgwater, who was born in 1768, graduated at Brown
University, in 1788, and resided in Pembroke, and then in Hano-
ver, to which town he moved about the year 1792. He lived on
Broadway, for a season, in the house now occupied by Samuel
Eells, but afterwards purchased the Nathaniel Sylvester house,
near North River Bridge, which is now occupied by Rufus Far-
num. In 1799, he built the house in which Seth Barker, Esq.,
resides, — on a spot of elevated ground, commanding a fine view
of the river, and of the ship-yards, wdrich were then in active
operation. His office, was on the opposite side of the road, and
is still standing, near the house of Mr. Sylvanus Percival. He
was Post Master for several years. He left the town about the
year 1806, moving to Boston, of which city he was subsequently
one of the Representatives, and of whose Police Court he was for
many years Chief Justice. He was an able lawyer ; a man of
great business enterprise ; an active politician ; and his services
were of great value to the town during the period of his residence
in it. John Holmes, of Kingston, was one of his students while
in Hanover, who subsequently settled in Maine, while that State
was part of Massachusetts, and from which he was a Representa-
tive to the General Court of Massachusetts, and afterwards a
Member of Congress. Barker Curtis, a native of Hanover, and a
son of Simeon Curtis, Esq., was also one of his students, and had
an oifice, for a time, in the North Easterly part of the town,
where Hiram Curtis resides, but finally settled in Maine. Wm.

98 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Gr. Curtis, a native of Hanover, was also a student with Mr.
Whitman, but died before entering upon bis professional career.

The next lawyer settled in Hanover, was John Winslow, Esq.,
only son of Dr. Isaac Winslow, of Marshfield, grandson of Gen.
John Winslow, of Marshfield, and great grandson of Col. Isaac, who
was the only surviving son of Governor Josiah Winslow. John,
son of Dr. Isaac, graduated at Brown University, in 1795, and
settled in Hanover about the year 1810. He lived first in the
house now occupied by Stephen Josselynn, but soon after built the
house recently occupied by Capt. John Cushing, near St. An-
drew's Church, at the Four Corners. He was a thorough lawyer ;
gentlemanly in his manners ; and one whose professional practice
was very extensive. He died at Natchez, Mississippi, about the
year 1830, and his widow and children moved to Hingham, where
she died. He has sons in Boston.

Isaiah Wing, a native of Hanover, was, it is said, a pupil at the
Academy of Mr. Chaddock, after he was a married man ; and he
subsequently studied law with Mr. Winslow, and practiced for a
time in Hanover ; but finally moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
died.

Jotham Cushman, Esq., was in Hanover, about the same time
as Mr. Winslow, and built and occupied the long house at the
Four Corners, now owned by the widow of Thomas Turner.
Jabez Crooker was one of his students, and went into the Army
during the war of 1812.

Aaron Hobart, Esq., son of Aaron, Esq.; and grandson of Col.
Aaron, of Abington, graduated at Brown University, in 1805,
and settled in Hanover about the year 1812, residing at the
Four Corners. Whilst in Hanover, he was chosen to the Senate
of Massachusetts, from Plymouth County, in 1820, and was a
member of Congress in 1826-7. He moved to East Bridgewater,
and was soon after appointed Judge of Probate for Plymouth
County, which office he now holds. His public services have at
all times been of great value to the community ; upon his judg-
ment great reliance is placed ; and his demeanor as a citizen,
and in the walks of private life, have gained for him the confi-
dence and esteem of all who have the pleasure of his personal
acquaintance.

PHYSICIANS. 99

Alexander Wood, Esq., of Middleboro', studied law with Judge
Wood, of Middleboro', and practiced in\Hanover for a short time ;
hut afterwards relinquished the duties of his profession, and for
some years past has been engaged in trade, at the Four Cor-
ners, with Cap t. Haviland Torrcy.

Perez Simmons, Esq., a native of Hanover, graduated at Brown
University, in 1833, and settled first in Providence, Rhode Island,
but came to Hanover, in 1843, and has since resided in the town,
in the practice of his profession. He has been for some years
past a member of the board of Selectmen, and was chosen to
represent the town in the State Legislature, in 1851-2.

PHYSICIANS. /

Eor about twenty years after the incorporation of the town, no
physician resided within its limits ; but Drs. Joseph Jacobs, and
Charles Stockbridge, who were both of Scituate, extended their
practice into Hanover, and the former resided quite near the

Northerly bounds of -the town.

Dr. Jeremiah Hall, settled in Hanover, about the year 1749, ^
^f married Keziah Bailey, and remained until 1764, when he moved
to Pembroke, of which town he was chosen delegate to the Pro-
vincial Congresses of 1774-5. He was a valuable citizen ; a man
well qualified for the duties of his calling ; and he left behind him
the memorials of a life of usefulness and virtue.

Dr. Lemuel Cushing, was a resident of Hanover, about the time
of the Revolution, and was appointed by the Provincial Congress,
a surgeon in the army. The precise time when he came to town
is unknown, as also the date of his leaving.

Dr. Peter Hobart, of Hingham, came to Hanover in 1783, and
here resided until his death, in 1793. His house was on Main
Street, not far from the residence of the late Gideon Stuclley.
His widow moved to New York State, and there died.

Dr. Marsh, of Hingham, was in Hanover for a few years, about
the same time as Dr. Hobart.

Dr. Melzar Dwelley, previously of Ashburnham, came to Hano-
ver, about the year 1798, and resided here, until his death, in
1828. He lived on Hanover Street, in the house now occupied by
Norman Chamberlin. As a Physician, his abilities were highly

100 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

respectable, and his professional services were in great demand.
His descendants are in South Boston, and in Ashburnham.

Dr. Cartier, a Frenchman, from the island of Martinique, came
to Plymouth, where he remained for a period ; and about the time
of the last war, he settled in Hanover, remained seven years, and
boarded at the house of Mr. Reuben Curtis. He was subsequently
of Hanson, and finally, it is said, returned to Martinique, where
he died. He was a man thoroughly educated, but eccentric in his

manners.

Dr. Joshua Studley, a native of Hanover, practiced medicine
from 1808, until 1848.

Dr. Ezekiel D. Cushing, was in Hanover from 1827 to 1828,
when he deceased. He lived at the Four Corners. He was a
man of eminent abilities ; had practiced in the best hospitals in
France ; and was every way qualified to prosecute with distin-
guished success the brilliant career which opened before him. His
early death was a melancholy event to' his friends ; and in him,
the public lost one who, had he lived, would doubtless have made
himself conspicuous, and have ranked among the greatest and best
physicians and surgeons of the age.

Dr. Henry Wade, was in Hanover, in 1829, and died in
1830.

Dr. Jacob Richards, now of Braintree, practiced in Hanover
from 1834 to 1836. An account of his family will be found
in our genealogical sketches.

Dr. Calvin B. Pratt, now of Bridgewater, was in Hanover, from
1836 to 1838.

Dr. Joseph B. Fobes, his successor, remained in the town until
1851. His practice was very extensive, and very successful.

Drs. Benjamin Whitwell, and Alfred C. Garratt, are at present
settled in Hanover, and both reside at the Four Corners. .

GRADUATES.

The town of Hanover has not furnished a large number of stu-
dents to our colleges ; nor can we present so long a fist of grad-
uates, as many other towns in the State. The following are all
whose names we have learned : —

GRADUATES.

Joseph Cushimg,

Harvard College,

1752.

Joseph Stockbridge

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Prentiss Mellen,

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1784.

Henry Mellen,

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1784.

William Simmons,

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Nathaniel Jacobs,

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1806.

Zachariah G. Whitman,

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1807.

Benjamin Whitman,

Brown University,

1815.

Albert Smith,

Dartmouth "

1825.

Perez Simmons,

Brown University,

1833.

Frederick 0. Barstow,

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1852.

William P. Duncan,

At Amherst.

101

Horatio Stockbridge, was at Harvard College, two years.
Joseph B. Damon, and Franklin Damon, graduated at the
Newton Theological Institute.

There have been many graduates in families that have moved
from Hanover ; but these do not properly come within our

PUBLIC

Jjejbk2>

CHAPTER VII.

MILITARY HISTORY.

" After years the tale shall tell,

In words of li<_rht revealed,

Who bravely fought, who nobly fell."

Mrs. E. T. Daniels.

Military training of our ancestors — Town's stock of powder, &c. — Expedition to the
Spanish West Indies — Expedition to Cape Breton — French Neutrals — French.
War, with extracts from the Muster Rolls.

The circumstances in which the early settlers of New England
were placed, rather than their inclination, or natural desire, led
them to engage, more or less, in military pursuits, and the study
of the art of war. Not only were they exposed, from the outset,
to deadly encounters with the Indians who surrounded them ; but
after these foes were vanquished and subdued, others sprung up,
in the neighboring provinces, of their own color, though not of
their own nation; and the French and S.anish wars, called into
active service the able-bodied citizens of Massachusetts, and per-
haps contributed, in a measure, to prepare the way for that sue
cassful resistance to the encroachments of the mother country,
which led to the establishment of our National Independence.
Had it not been for these wars, and for the discipline which our
troops received in them, and the military experience gained by
our officers, it is doubtful if the war of the Revolution would have
been so successfully prosecuted, had our fathers dared even to
engage in it. We do not, however, appear as the advocate of
war. It is a great calamity ; — a frightful evil ; — and under the
influence of Christian truth, we hope the time may soon arrive,
when swords shall be beaten into ploughshares, and spears into
pruning hooks, and PEACE shall reign over all the earth.

But, as a faithful historian, it becomes our duty briefly to chroni-
cle those events, which, when transpiring, were of so much conse-

EXPEDITION TO TIIE SPANISH WEST INDIES. 103

quence to the welfare of the people, and to their national existence.
^Ye give, therefore, not an extended account, but the simple inci-
dents, alluded to on the records of the town, and contemporary
papers, in the Archives of the State, and the possession of indi-
viduals.

1734, Sep. ,9. £35 were voted for a " town stock of ammuni-
tion." Such a stock, every town was required by law to keep on
hand.

1740, Mar. 2. It was voted that the Town's stock of powder
and shot, should be kept " in the meeting-house chamber ;" — a
small room, over the womens! gallery ; — and the Treasurer of the
Town was authorised " to take out of the lease of the flats as
much money as will purchase said stock, agreeable to the Law,
with what Thomas Josselynn already has."

It was during this, and the following year, that the expedition
to the Spanish West Indies, to which we have alluded on p. 20,
was undertaken ; but the only references to this expedition, which
we find on the Town records, are the following under date of Dec.
28, 1741.— " Voted Dea. Thos. Josselynn, £13 16s. 4d. for
mens rates gone to Cuba and elsewhere." Six other similar votes
occur under the same date. The names of those who went from
Hanover, are not given, nor are the tax bills in existence, from
which to learn whose rates were remitted ; but, from scattered
hints, we think we may venture to name, besides Samuel Eells,
who was an Ensign, and who died in the service, John Stoddard,
Joshua Turner, John Whitcomb, and Ezekiel Ladd, alluded to on
Town records as having had their taxes remitted ; and perhaps
Robert Young, whose widow Margaret received aid from the town
this year. There must have been quite a number from Hanover,
the whole sum remitted in taxes, being about £50, and not less
than seven allusions being made to those " gone to Cuba."

The manuscript in the possession of Rev. Benj. Kent, of Roxbury,
gives the names of only the 55, who survived in May, 1741. Over
400 men died in the expedition.

1744, Oct. 30. Capt. Elijah Cushing was instructed " to in-
form his Excellency concerning Dea. Thos. Josselynn's making
way with the Town stock of gunpowder ;" and Nov. 5, Capt.
Cushing was appointed " to take care of the Town's powder and
•bullets."

104 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

In 1745, the expedition to Cape Breton, was undertaken, at
the instance of Gov. Shirley ; the forces from Massachusetts, con-
sisting of upwards of 3,200 men, aided by 500 from Connecticut,
and 300 from New Hampshire.1 This may be considered as the
commencement of the French war, which with various fortune,
was carried on until the peace of 1763, and the reduction of the
provinces to the dominion of Great Britain.

We have been at some pains to examine the huge folios of
Muster Rolls, relating to this war, which are deposited in the State
House, at Boston ; and though our gleanings from this source are
not very extensive, and may not embrace the names of all who en-
listed from Hanover, yet such as they are, we present them as an
attempt towards collecting facts, which, owing to the want of more
thorough information, can only be regarded as an approximation
to the truth.

In 1755, preparations were made for dislodging the French
from Nova Scotia ; and the Massachusetts forces, formed into a
regiment of two battalions, of which Gov. Shirley was the Colonel,
were commanded by Lt. Col. John Winslow, of Marshfield, who
raised 2000 men, for one year, or longer, if required.2 The French
Neutrals were taken prisoners in this expedition, and torn from
their country, and sent into banishment, being scattered over
Massachusetts, and other provinces. In all, 1923 suffered this
fate ; viz : 483 men, and 337 women, heads of families, and their
sons and daughters, 527 of the former, and 576 of the latter. Their
stock was upwards of 5000 horned cattle, 493 horses, and 12,887
sheep and swine.3

The history of this unfortunate race, is one of melancholy inter-
est, but we cannot pursue it to any extent. In Abington, there
were a few settled, and in other towns of Plymouth county. We
have heard of one or more in Hanover, who settled somewhere on
Broadway, but cannot give their names.

The following notices of enlistments from Hanover, during the
progress of this war, are all we have been able to find. A few of
the names given, were residents of Scituate, referred to in other
places of this work.
In 1755, Col Ezekiel Turner served in the expedition to Crown

1 Minot's History of Mass. Vol. 1, p. 75.

2 Minot's Hist. Mass. Vol. 1, p. 217.
Minot's Hist. Mass., Vol. l,p. 225.

FRENCH WAR. 105

Point ; and in Capt. Samuel Clarke's Co. (of Braintree,) for 13
weeks, from Dec. 16, 1755, were Barnabas Perry, of Scituate, and
Richard Bowk er, Stephen Hatch, Joseph Palmer, Gideon Stetson,
and Theophilus Withe rell, of the same town.

Reuben Bates, set down as of Scituate, was a corporal in Elisha
Hersey's Co. (of Abington) ; and Nehemiah Silvester was ser-
geant, and Thomas Stetson, sentinel.

James House, of Hanover, wras Captain of a Company in the
expedition to Crown Point, from Mar. 29, to Sep. 8. 1756. On
the back of the instrument, he is called Major James House.
Cooms House, Seth Witherell, and Daniel Garnett, of Hanover,
were in his Company.

In the same expedition, Joseph Nowit, ' born in Pembroke, but
living in Hanover, was in Capt. Boring's Co.; and John B. Wor-
rin, a native of England, enlisted from Hanover in Capt. Abel
Keen's Co.

James House was Major of a Company at Fort William Henry ,
from Nov. 27, 1755, to Mar. 24, 1756.

In the muster roll of Capt. John Boring's company, encamped at
Fort Edward, July 25, 1756, occur the names of Lawrence Ekins,
a native of Ireland, but a resident of Hanover ; Jeremiah Rogers,
of Hanover ; and Bezaleel Palmer, Thomas Cook, Samuel With-
erell, and Nathaniel Palmer, the latter of whom was a shipwright

by trade.

In the Roll of Capt. Abel Keen's Company, in Col. Joseph Thach-
er's Regiment, occur the names of Luke Bowker, blacksmith, and
John B. Worrin.

In the return of Thomas Clapp's Regiment, (of Scituate,) July
20, 1756, in the expedition to Crown Point, occur the names of
Peter B. Warren, Samuel Witherell, Joseph Turner, Joshua
Dwelley, John Perry, Thomas Barstow, Jeremiah Dillingham,
Nathaniel Stetson, William Gray, Thomas Cornish, John Hanmer,
Joseph Stetson, Jr., John Ramsdell, Bezaleel Palmer, Thomas
Cook, Elisha Palmer, and Benjamin Estes, all of whom are set
down as of Hanover.

James House was Captain in Thomas Clapp's Regiment, which
marched for the relief of Fort William Henry, in August, 1757 ;

1 An Indian.
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106 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

and Job Crooker, and Hemy Perry, of Pembroke, were in his
Company.

Dr. Jeremiah Hall, of Hanover, was Surgeon in Jos3[h
Thacher's Company, in 1757.

Elisha House, of Hanover, was in the expedition to Canada, in
1759 ; and Seth Joyce, and David House, also of Hanover, served
in the same campaign.

Nathaniel Josselynn, 8e. 37, went to Canada in 1758, in
Thomas Clapp's regiment ; also Edward Peters, se. 19, who was
in the employ of Joseph Curtis ; Seth Woodworth, ae. 22 ; James
Silvester, ae. 39; John Hunt, se. 17, in the employ of Peleg
Curtis ; and Joshua Remington, se. 37.

April 12, 1759. There were mustered in Capt. Abel Keen's
Company, for the invasion of Canada, by Lt. Col. Elijah Cushing,
Henry, son of John Bray, je. 18 ; Lemuel, son of Joseph Bates, sd.
18 ; and Mark, son of Jeremiah Rogers, a3. 18.

At the same date, in Col. Thomas Clapp's Regiment, for
Canada, were Elisha Palmer, se. 41 ; Prince Osgood, ae. 18, in
the employ of Joseph Josselynn ; and Mark, son of Jeremiah
Rogers, se. 18.

In Abel Keen's Company, of which Thomas Doty was Colonel,
for Canada, in 1759, were Jeremiah Rogers; Abraham Cfcto,
who was discharged ; Abner French ; Nathaniel Josselynn, who
was discharged ; Amos Love ; Dennis Morrison ; Prince Osgood,
in the employ of Joseph Josselynn, discharged ; Jonathan Pratt ;
Jonathan Peters, who died in the service ; Edward Peters ;
Thomas Rogers ; Aaron Rowcll, employed by Jeremiah Rogers;
Joshua Staples ; Jesse, Abner, and Jonathan Torrey ; and
Zephaniah and Samuel Witherell. All these are named as of
Hanover.

In Abel Keen's Company, at Lunenburg, from March 31, to
November 1, 1759, were Jeremiah Rogers ; Henry, son of John
Bray; Lemuel, son of Joseph Bates; Samuel Bowker ; Leonard,
S3ii of Richard Hill ; Prince Osgood ; Elisha Palmer; and Mark,
son of Jeremiah Rogers.

Isaac Nuwett, was in Col. John Thomas' Company, for Canada
in 1760.

In Daniel Ree P&nJ> which was at Ticonderagp in 17G0,

FRENCH WAR. 107

were Gideon Studley, who was out 46 weeks ; Timothy Church,
out 40 weeks ; Isaac Nowett, in the employ of Col. Thomas ;
Edward Peters, in the employ of Thomas Wilkes ; and Thomas
Rogers.

In 1762, the town was divided into two districts, and a military
company was raised in each district. Of the North Company,
David Sfcockbridge, was Captain ; Joseph Cashing, 1st Lieuten-
ant; John Bailey, Jr.. 2nd Lieutenant; and David Jacobs, En-
sign. Of the South Company, Joseph Josselynn, was Captain;
Simeon Curtis, 1st Lieutenant ; Joseph House, 2d Lieutenant ;
and John Josselynn, Ensign. Of the Division to which these
companies belonged, David Stockbridge, was Lieutenant Colonel,
and Joseph Josselynn, was Major. Robert L. Eells was second
Quarter Master in the Troop of Horse.

In the same year, 1761-2, Edward Peters, of Hanover, was in
Capt. Lemuel Dunbar's Company, from April 18, 1761, to
January 4, 1762. Stephen Curtis was out in 1762. ."Benjamin,
son of Daniel Teague, was in Abel Keen's Company ; also John
Bates, and Henry Dillingham. In Job Williams' Company, from
November 18, 1761, to July 29, 1762, were John Bates, William
Bradley, and Stephen Curtis, in the employ of Benjamin Curtis.

Elisha Barrell, who died in Hanover, in 1829, ae. 96, was out
in the French War ; also Samuel Brooks, who died in Hanover, in
1830, se. 95, and Jedediah Dwelley, William Perry, and Oliver
Winslow, — the latter of whom died near Crown Point, in 1759.
These men were of Scituate, though their names occur on the
Hanover Records; and at a subsequent date, or after the close of
the war, some of them resided in the town.

1768, November 7. "Voted to Samuel Barstow 6s. for
making a door to the powder room, and for moving the powder."

17 71, Mireh 11. " Cipt. John Bailey, and Capt. Simeon Cur-
tis chosen to take care of the Town's Gun Powder in the best
wav and manner thev can."

1774, November 21. Paid Capt. John Bailey for four quarter
barrels of Powder, <£9 8s.

These are all the minutes which occur previous to tli3 Revo-
lution. Of the incidents of this war, we shall make a separate
Chapter ; as also of the War of 1812, in which we shall include a
sketch of the Hanover Artillery Company.

CHAPTER VIII.

INCIDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION.

" By their pious shades we swear,
By their toils and perils here,
We will guard with jealous care,

Law and Liberty." Lunt.

Causes of the Revolution — Stamp Act — Convention in Boston — Plymouth County
Convention — Provincial Congresses — Preparations for defence — Minute men —
Provincial Treasurer chosen — Committees of Safety — Boston Port Bill — Tories,
and the Ruggles Covenant — Balfour's troops — Commencement of hostilities —
Sea coast guards — General Washington assumes the command of the Army —
Station of the army— Operations for 1776 — Entrenchment on Dorchester heights
— Evacuation 'of Boston — Alarm at Cohasset — Declaration of Independence —
Operations around Boston — Men for Tieonderoga, and for Rhode Island — Opera-
tions for 1777 — Committee of Safety — Prices for labor — Town's quota — Expedi-
tion to Rhode Island — Other military movements — Operations for 1778— Quota
of Shirts, &c, — State Constitution rejected — Enlistments for this year — Extracts
from the Pay Rolls — Operations for 1779 — Committee of Safety &c, — Enlistments
— Committee of Safety for 1780 — Military movements for the year — Depreciation
of Currency — The dark hour— Movements for 1781 — Incidents subsequent to the
War.

The story of the Revolution, will ever be read with interest by
the citizens of this growing republic. The simple recital of our
father's wrongs ; of their peaceful remonstrance against those
wrongs, until forbearance ceased longer to be a virtue ; of their
calm deliberation upon the course next to be pursued ; of their
reluctant, but firm conviction, that an appeal to arms was their
only alternative ; of their solemn consecration of their lives, and
fortunes, and sacred honor, upon the altar of liberty ; and of their
accompanying deeds of heroism, until their Independence was
acknowledged; if these events, which, viewed in their broadest
light, are calculated to make every heart glow, ever become to us
as a " thrice told tale," or cease to arouse us to emulate their
virtues, then may we be assured that the day of our downfall is
approaching, and that we are becoming unworthy of the continued

STAMP ACT. 109

enjoyment of those inestimable blessings, now so freely and
widely diffused throughout our land.

In a work like the present, however, which is local in its char-
acter, it will not be expected that we should give an extended
notice of these events. We shall confine ourselves to the part
which the citizens of Hanover took in the great drama then per-
formed, only giving such general details, as may serve to render
our sketch intelligible, and complete.

The principal causes which led to the War of the Revolution,
were the adoption of measures, and the enactment of laws, by the
Parliament of the mother country, which were deemed oppressive
in their character, and an invasion of the rights of the people of
the colonies.

Indeed, quite early in the history of our country, we find the
right of England to Legislate for the colonies, questioned by
many. We could bring abundant proofs to sustain this position,
were it necessary. Not only do the laws of Plymouth and Mas-
sachusetts show this, but the writings of the most eminent men of
those days, furnish clear and decisive evidence of the fact. *
Hence when, in the reign of George the II, .an act of Parliament
wTas passed, imposing a duty on sugars, &c, which, in the reign of
George the III, in 1764, was continued and enforced, and the
duty increased, and an impost also laid on molasses, brought to the
colonies from any other than British plantations in the West In-
dies, and th 3 jurisdiction of vice-admiralty courts was enlarged,
by which the people were deprived of trial by juries, in all cases
relating to revenue arising from these duties, and made liable to
unreasonable and oppressive suits ; — these acts were all resisted,
and all tended to foster a feeling of injury, and a spirit of resent-
ment, among the people.

But the famous Stamp Act, passed in 1765, awakened the
most general indignation ; and as soon as it arrived at Boston, the
bells were muffled, and rung a funeral peal, and the act itself was
hawked about the streets, with a Death's head affixed to it, and
styled the Folly of England, and the ruin of America, and af-
terwards publicly burnt by the enraged populace ; 2 and throughout

i
1 Massachusetts State Papers, p. 13, et seq.
2 Low's American Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 288.

110 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

the province, meetings were held, and the act denounced. The
n3w act of 1768, imposing a duty on tea, papers, painters' colors,
and glass, caused, if possible, a ferment greater than that caused
by the Stamp Act ; and so thoroughly were the people aroused?
that it was finally resolved to call a Convention, to meet in Bos-
ton, September 21, " to consult upon measures for the safety of
the Province." Delegates to this Convention were sent from a
large number of towns. Hanover deputed Joseph Cushing, Esq.,
to act as its Representative ; a gentleman who had been long and
favorably known to his townsmen, and who was distinguished for
his unbending integrity, and affable deportment ; — who after-
wards held an honorable rank in the Conventions of the County,
and the Congresses of the Province ; and who, at a still later
period, when peace had been declared, and order restored to our
disturbed civil institutions, as a token of gratitude, and esteem for
his services, was elevated to the office of Judge of Probate for the
County of Plymouth, and received a military commission, with the
rank of Brigadier General.

But the oppressions of England did not cease with the Act of
1768. Farther encroachments were made upon the rights of the
Colonies ; and the public mind wras kept in a constant state of
feverish excitement ; until, all over the land, the necessity for an
appeal to arms was beginning to be felt, and even to be advo-
cated, by the most bold and resolute. Monday, September 26,
1774, a meeting of delegates from every town in Plymouth
County, was held at Plympton, and by adjournment, at the court
house in Plymouth, on Tuesday the 27th ; and Hanover sent as
its Representatives, Capt. Joseph Cushing, Joseph Ramsdell,
Joshua Simmons, Capt. Robert L. Eells, and Dr. Lemuel Cushing ;
and the first named gentleman was chosen one of the committee of
nine, to prepare an address expressive of their feelings in view of
the aggressions of the British Government. The proceedings of
thi3 Convention are given in full in the Journal of the Provincial
Congress, pp. 621-625, but are too long to be inserted here.

On the 7th, of October 1774, the First Provincial Congress
was convened at Salem ; on the 11th, at Concord ; on the 17th, at
Cambridge, and again at Cambridge, November 23d, and dis-
solved, December 10th. The Second Congress was convened at

MINUTE MEN. Ill

Cambridge, February 1, 1775 ; at Concord, March 22d, and
April 22d ; and at Watertown April 22d, and dissolved May 29th.
The Third Congress convened at Watertown, Wednesday, May
3 1st, 1775, and was dissolved Wednesday, July 19th, 1775.
To all these, Col. Cushin^, as he is called on the Journals, was
sent as a delegate from Hanover, and in all he took an active and
prominent part. We could enumerate many instances, in which
he was appointed on important committees ; and that his services
were held in the highest esteem, mav be inferred from the fact
that his associates were ever ready to assign to him new trusts. '

During the session of the First Congress, the importance of the
improvement of the militia was urged, and the several towns and
districts in the colony were advised " to see that each of the
minute mm not already provided therewith, should be immediately
equipped with an effective fire-arm, bayonet, pouch, knapsack,
and thirty rounds of cartridge and balls, and be disciplined three
times a week, and of tenor as opportunity may offer ; " and in the
Second Congress , where any deficiency in arms or accoutre-
ments was found, the Selectmen were instructed to supply the
same " out of the town stock, and in case of a deficiency there, to
apply to such inhabitants as can best spare their arms or accoutre-
ments, and to borrow or purchase the same for the use of the in-
habitants so enlisting;" 2

In accordance with these votes, companies of minute men were
formed in all the towns in the province, — indeed this work had
commenced as early as 1773, — and these companies furnished
efficient aid in procuring recruits for the Arnvy, communicating
intelligence on sudden emergencies, and forwarding the war.
According to Col. J. B. Barstow, Hanover was divided into two
districts, by the road running from the North River bridge past
the Four Corners, to what is now Hanover Street, and thence to
the Meeting House, and on West to the Drinkwater Forge, and to
Abington. The inhabitants of the Southerly part of the town
wrere in one district, and the company formed here was com-
manded by Colonel, then Capt. Amos Turner, and Lt. Samuel

1 See the Journals, pp. 55, G6, 85, 95, 97, 118, 130, 148, 255, 284, 291,
298, 300, 310, 3G3, 374, 377, and 479.

2 Jour. Prov. Cong. pp. 71, and 209-10

112 HISTORY OF HANOVER

Barstow ; and those to the North, were in the Second District,
and their Company was commanded by Capt. Joseph Soper, and
probably Lt. Lemuel Curtis. In the County, a regiment was
formed of companies of minute men, and Thsophilus Cotton, of
Plymouth, was chosen Colonel ; Ichabod Allen, of Duxbury, Lt.
Colonel ; and Ebenezer Sprout, of Middleboro', Major. i January
16,1775, The town procured a stock of thirty-five fire arms, as
a public supply, to be furnished to those who had not the means,
or were not able to provide for themselves,

One of the earliest acts of the Provincial Congress was to pro-
vide funds for the expenses of Government, and the conduct of tho
war. Harrison Gray, Esq., was the treasurer appointed by the
old authorities ; but as funds in his hands were not available to
the public, the Congress advised all constables and collectors of
taxes " who have or shall have any money in their hands collected
on province assessments," not to pay the same to Mr. Gray, but
to retain them in their own hands until otherwise instructed ; and
they soon made choice of Henry Gardner, Esq., as Treasurer, and
directed all monies to be paid to him.2 Accordingly the town of
Hanover, having voted, Jan. 16, 1775, to raise <£43 15s. 2d.
" for purposes of defence," instructed Israel Perry, collector for
1773-4, to pay over the same to Mr. Gardner, "with the remain-
der of the Province tax in his bills not then collected," and agreed
to " indemnify and hold him harmless in so doing."

Another of these preliminary steps, was the appointment of Com-
mittees of Correspondence and Safety ; and the committee of
Hanover, for the year 1775, consisted of David Jacobs, Lieut.
Whiting, Joshua Simmons, Abner Curtis, Ezra Briggs, Dr. Cush-
ing, Seth Bates, Lemuel Curtis, Capt. Curtis, Capt. Eells, Joseph
Ramsdell, Amos Turner, Michael Silvester, Lieut. Barstow,
Bezaleel Curtis, Benjamin Bass, Israel Perry, Benjamin Studley,
John House, jr., and Seth Josselynn ; and they were instructed
" to see that the resolves of the Continental Congress relative to
trade, &c, are strictly adhered to."

By the operation of the Boston Port Bill, the inhabitants of
that town were thrown into great distress, and provisions for their

1 Winsor's Duxbury, p. 1 23.

2 Jour. Prov. Cong. pp. 19, 38, and 45.

RUGGLES COVENANT. 113

relief were made, not only throughout Massachusetts, but in seve-
ral of the other Colonies. In Hanover, Dea. Barstow, and Thomas
Rose, were chosen to receive donations, and forward them to the
proper authorities, to be distributed.

In the winter of 1774, the tories of Massachusetts, were active
in forwarding their schemes ; and the Hon. Timothy Haggles, of
Hardwick, one of the most conspicuous, drew up a document,
called the Ruggles Covenant, intended for the signature of all
favorable to the royalist cause. This paper found its way to
Hanover, and suspicions of its presence being entertained, the
town instructed the Committee of Correspondence, " to inquire
into the ground and foundation of a report that a covenant called
the Ruggles Covenant is signed and circulated among some of the
inhabitants." This incendiary document is given at large on the
Journals of the Provincial Congress, p. 68.

It will hardly be necessary to say that such a compact found
but few signers in Hanover. Indeed, in a town so loyal to freedom,
tories were rare. When, in 1777, Israel Perry was chosen to
collect " the evidence relative to those persons supposed to be
inimical to their coantry," after the most diligent search, he
reported but seven names, and these were either peaceable mem-
bers of the Society of Friends, whose principles caused them to
look upon all war as wrong, or members of the Episcopal Church,
who, from that fact alone, were supposed to be friendly to the King.
The names reported were Charles Bailey, Peleg Ewell, Mordecai
Ellis John Bailey 3d., Joseph Donnell, and William and Jane
Stockbridge.

All who did favor the royalists, were everywhere treat3d with a
severity proportioned to the magnitude of their offence. They
were ingloriously tipped from the cart's tail, and commanded forth-
with to depart from the limits of the town, under the threat of
heavier penalties, should they dare to appear within its borders
again. Of all crimes, that of aiding and abetting the enemies of
America, was most heartily despised, and treated with the stern-
est rebuke.

Previous to the commencement of the hostilities of the 19th of
April, 1775, which may be regarded as the opening scene of the
war of the Revolution, there were found, in Marshfield, a large

114 IIISTOIIY OF HANOVER.

number of friends of England, and signers of the Ruggles Covenant;
and these, as appears by a letter dated Jan. 26, 1775, sent an
express to Gen. Gage, acquainting him wjtb their situation, and
begging support.1 This led to the forwarding of a body of one
hundred troops, under the command of Capt. Balfour, and three
subalterns, with two field pieces, and three hundred stands of arms,
to be put into the hands of the loyalists. The troops were detached
on board two small vessels, and landed quietly, and without dis-
turbance. But the presence of such a body of men could not fail
to be attended with some murmurings, and dissatisfaction, on the
part of the people of the adj< 'ning towns, although the signers of
the covenant made their boast that " every faithful subject to his
King dare fully utter his thoughts, and drink his tea, and kill his
sheep as profusely as he pleases." 2

Accordingly, in the Boston Evening Post, of Feb. 27, 1775,
there was published an address to Gen. Gage, signed by the
selectmen of Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Pembroke, Hanover,
and Scituate, protesting against the course he had pursued, in
which, after declaring that the fears and intimidations of the peo-
ple of Marslifield were entirely groundless, they proceed to say,
" It appears as evident as if written with a sunbeam, from the
general tenor of the testimony, which Ave are walling to lay before
your excellency, if desired, that their expressions of fear, were- a
fallacious pretext, dictated by the inveterate enemies of our constitu-
tion, to induce your excellency to send troops into our country,
to augment the difficulties of our situation, already very distress-
ing ; and what confir jis this truth, if it needs any confirmation, is,
the assiduity and pains which we have taken to investigate it. We
have industriously scrutinized into the cause of this alarm, and
cannot find that it has the least foundation in reality." 3

The Congress, on the reception of the above — a copy of which
was forwarded to them — passed a vote highly^ approving the vigi-
lance of the selectmen and committees of correspondence of the
towns named in the address, and recommended to them " steadily
to persevere in the same line of conduct, which has, in this instance,

1 W!nsor's Duxbury, p. 1 28.

2 Winsor's Duxbury, p. 127.
V 3 Jour. Prov. Cong. p. 104.

balfour's troops. 115

so justly entitled them to the esteem of their fellow countrymen,
and to keep a watchful eye upon the behavior of those who are
aiming at the destruction of our liberties." '

The troops under Balfour, however, did not remain long in the
county. On the 21st of April they departed, as they came, — in
their hurry leaving behind them most of their camp equipage and
stores, — and beins; engaged in the battle at Bunker Hill, on the
17th of June, all but their commander, and five of the soldiers,
perished, although they entered the field " with as fine a com
pany as was in his Majasty's service."2

Before their departure, the mih.ary companies in the vicinity
were on the alert, and were contemplating an attack. Col John
Bailey ordered his troops to march to the spot, but they did not
arrive until the enemy had left. Mr. Jabez Studley was among
the soldiers engaged in this expedition, according to his son, the
present Mr. Jabez Studley, of Hanover.

We have now reached that period when actual hostilities com-
menced, and the struggle for liberty, at the point of the bayonet,
began in earnest.

April 8, 1775. The Provincial Congress resolved " that the
present dangers, and alarming situation of our public affairs, ren-
ders it necessary for this colony to make preparations for their
security and defence, by raising and establishing an army." 3 This
army, as appears by a subsequent report, was raised, and consis-
ted of twenty-two regiments complete, of ten companies each,
containing sixty men ; and three regiments incomplete. But all
the privates were not properly equipped, and of military stores,
of some descriptions, the supply was very small. 4 John Bailey,
of Hanover, was Lieut. Col. in the regiment of Gen. Thomas.

On the first of May, 1775, or about two weeks after the battle
of Lexington, according to Winsor, four companies were ordered
to Plymouth " to guard the sea-coast," where they were sta-
tioned until the first of September. 6 Of this order I find no

1 Jour. Prov. Cong. p. 103-4.

2 Winsor' s Duxbury, p. 120.

3 Jour. Prov. Con<r. p. 135.

4 Bradford's Hist. Mass. Vol. 1. p. 382.

5 Winsor's Duxbury, p. 120.

116 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

record ; but on the first of July, a memorial having been present-
ed from Plymouth, stating that the people in that neighborhood
were " in danger of being attacked by the enemy," it was resolv-
ed by the Congress " that General Ward be and hereby is directed,
immediately to issue his orders that two full Companies from Col.
Cotton's regiment, under proper officers, march without delay, to
Plymouth, and there remain for the guard and defence of the in-
habitants, until they can be relieved by such Companies as are to
be raised for the defence and protection of the sea-coast, and to
be stationed there for that purpose." l

Among those who thus guarded the sea-coast, " Samuel Eells and
others" are spoken of, on the records of the town, and Oct. 80th,
there was paid to him, and to Nathaniel Torrey, for their services,
£1 12s. 8d. ; and in the " Pay Roll of the Company stationed
on the sea-coast in the Massachusetts service till the last of De-
cember, 1775, occur the names of " Samuel Eells, jr., Fifer ; and
Eliab Studley, Benjamin Studley, Ezra Briggs, Solomon Bates,
Jabez Studley, Henchman Silvester, Clement Bates, and Seth
Curtis, Privates," — all of whom were citizens of Hanover. 2

On the third of July, 1775, General Washington, by appoint-
ment of the Continental Congress of June 14th, took command
of the American troops in the vicinity of Boston, which were then
estimated at 15,000. Of these, more than 9,000 belonged to
Massachusetts, — the rest having been furnished by Connecticut,
New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. 3

These troops were in a comparatively undisciplined state, and
almost destitute of clothing, and ammunition. But a few
days after Washington's arrival, the alarming discovery was
made, that the actual quantity of powder on hand, was not more
than sufficient to furnish each man with nine cartridges. 4 The
main body of the British army, at this time, under the immediate
command of Gen. Howe, was entrenching itself strongly on Bunker
Hill. Three floating batteries lay in Mystic river, near the camp,
and a twenty gun ship below the ferry, between Boston and Charles-

1 Jour. Prov. Cong. 433.

2 Revolutionary Rolls, 30, 226.

3 Bradford's Massachusetts, Vol. 2. p. 18.

4 Marshall's Washington, Vol. 1. p. 30.

ENTRENCHMENT AT DORCHESTER. 117

town. A strong battery on the Boston side of the water, on
Copp's hill, served to cover and strengthen th3 post on Bunker
Hill. Another division was entrenched on the Neck. The light
horse, and a small body of infantry, were stationed in Boston.
The American army lay on both sides of Charles river. The right
occupied the high grounds about Roxbury ; whence it extended
towards Dorchester ; and the left was covered by Mystic or Med-
ford river, a space of at least twelve miles. A change was after-
wards made in the position of the American troops, and Washing-
ton himself took up his head quarters at Cambridge.1 A rigorous
blockade was thus kept up over the British army, and Boston
itself was in a state of siege, and so continued until the spring of
1776.

1776. The Committee of Safety for this year consisted of Joseph
Cushing, Joshua Simmons, Capt. Robert L. Eells, Joseph Rams-
dell, Lemuel Curtis, David Jacobs, Benjamin Bass, Benjamin
Studley, Capt. Amos Turner, Capt. Joseph Soper, Samuel Bars-
tow, jr. , Michael Silvester, Calvin Curtis, Lt. John Hatch, Ezra
Briggs, Seth Stetson, John Curtis, jr., Joshua Barstow, and Thos.
Whiting.

Feb. 12, 1776. Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Company marched
to Roxbury, and other troops from Hanover had joined the army
at that place, in preparation for the contemplated attempt to dis-
lodge the British army from Boston. This was in accordance
with a resolution of the Provincial Congress of the previous Janu-
ary, " that a vigorous attempt ought to be made on the ministerial
troops in Boston, before they can be reinforced in the spring ; and
that thirteen regiments of militia should be asked for from Massa-
chusetts and the neighboring colonies, in order to put the army
in a condition to make the attempt." 2 To effect this object, it
was determined that entrenchments should be thrown up on
Dorchester heights ; and Major General Thomas had the com-
mand of the troops detached for this arduous service ; and Col.
John Bailey, and the troops from Hanover were among the num-
ber. They passed from the camp at Roxbury, to the place of
their destination, with great caution, under cover of the night ; and

1 Marshall's Washington, Vol. 1. p. 29 et seq.
2 Marshall's Washington, Vol. 1. p. 29.

118 HISTORY OF HANOVER,

-when the light of day exposed them to the view of the British in
Boston, they had thrown up a suScient breastwork for protection
and security in prosecuting the object of their enterprise. ' Gen.
Howre, in order to frustrate the intentions of the Americans, sent
a picked body of 3,000 men, commanded by Lord Percy, to as-
sault the works which had been thus commenced ; and they em-
barked, and fell down to the castle, to proceed to the intended
scene of action, but were scattered by a furious storm, which dis-
abled them from immediately prosecuting the enterprise, and
before they could be again in readiness for the attack, the works
were made so strong, that the attempt to storm them was thought
unadvisable, and the evacuation of the town soon afterward tcck
place. 2

A part of the glory of this enterprise belongs to Hanover ; and
among those who were thus engaged, from the Pay Roll of Capt.
Nathaniel Winslow's company, which marched for Roxbury Feb.
12, 177G, we gather the names of Benjamin Studley, 1st Lieut. ;
Joseph House, 2d Lieut. ; Timothy Rose, Sergeant ; David Torrey,
Drummer ; and Stephen Torrey, Job Tilden, Robert White,
Elijah Silvester, Elisha Palmer, Seth House, Samuel Eells,
Samuel Gross, Nathaniel Torrey, Jonathan Pratt, Benjamin
Bates, Joseph B^ates, Benjamin Silvester, Adam Perry. James
Whiting, Nathaniel Josselynn, Seth Bates, Nathaniel Stetson,
Isaac Turner, Seth Bates, Jr., Joseph Brooks, Gideon Studley,
Benjamin White, James Torrey, Benjamin Stetson, Laban Rose,
and Ebenezer Edd7, Privates.3 Tradition savs that Clement
Bates was also at Dorchester heights, and aided in fillling with
sand, the barrels which were to be used for the defence of the
breastwork. As all Col. Cotton's regiment, which had been sta-
tioned at Plymouth, moved to Roxbury, and formed part of the
detachment which threw up these entrerchments,4 there were
probably other citizens of Hanover engaged in the enterprise, but
the foregoing are all the names we are able to give authentically.

In March, 1776, there was an alarm of " danger at Cohasset,"
probably arising from the British vessels which were hovering

1 Bradford's Massachusetts, Vol. 2. p. 85.

2 Marshall's Washington, Vol. 1. p. 43.

3 Rev. Rolls, 24. 38^

4 Winsor's Duxbury, 131.

INDEPENDENCE DECLARED. 119

upon the coast, and troops were ordered to the spot to aid in its de-
fence. From Hanover, the whole company under the command
of Capt. Lemuel Curtis was detached ; and in the Pay Roll of
the same, which was sworn to before Joseph Gushing, Esq., Jan.
20, 1777, J occur the names of Lemuel Curtis, Captain; John
Hatch, 1st Lieut. ; Abner Curtis, 2d Lieut. ; Calvin Curtis,
Michael Silvester, James Curtis, and Israel Perry, Sergeants ; and
Elijah Curtis, Jabez Studley, Joseph Curtis, Prince Curtis, Thom-
as Hatch, David House, Snow Cards, Joshua Dwelley Jesse Cur-
tis, John Totman, Eliab Studley, Marlboro' Turner, Joseph Ran-
dall, Abel Curtis, Seth Bailey, Ezra Briggs, Elisha Simmons,
Abner Curtis, jr., Robert Corthrell, Gershom Curtis, Job Curtis,
Isaac Hatch, Simeon Curtis, Seth Curtis, William Gilbert, Elijah
Stetson, Melzar Curtis, Ebenezer Curtis, Job Bars tow, Solomon
Bryant, ^Benjamin Bass, Seth Josselynn, Lemuel Bates, and
Gamaliel Bates.

Whilst these events were transpiring, the Continental Congress
was in session, and the declaration of Independence was under
discussion ; and June SO, at a meeting in Hanover " held to take
into consideration a resolve of the Honorable House of Represen-
tatives of the Massachusetts Bay, relative to advising the person
or persons chosen to represent them in the General Court, whether,
if the Honorable American Congress should for the safety of the
American Colonies, declare them Independent of the Kingdom of
Great Britain, they the said inhabitants, will solemnly engage,
with their lives and fortunes, to support them in the measure,
Voted, to instruct their Representative, that if said Congress,
should think it safest to declare them Independent of the King-
dom of Great Britain, they the inhabitants will support them in
the measure."

Diriag tli3 simner of 1773, the soldiers from Hanover were
mostly stationed in the vicinity of Boston, and fortifications were
erected at Noddle's island, and at other places in the harbor ;
twenty British vessels were driven from the coast ; and two regi-
ments, and the battalion of artillery were kept in the service of
the province throughout the season. 2

1 Rev. Rolls, 18. 10.

2 Bradford's Massachusetts, p. 1 1 1 et. al.

120 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

The references to the enlistments from Hanover, during this
period, are quite numerous. In the Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel
Winslow's Company, in Col. Whitney's Regiment, for one month's
advance pay, &c, ! are the names of Calvin Curtis, 2d Lieut. ;
Joseph Curtis, Corporal ; and Stephen Torrey, Sergeant. The
same men were paid for services in August and November, 1776, 2
and Clement Bates was in their company.

In 'the Rolls for September and October, besides the foregoing,
are the names of Abner Dwelley, Abner Curtis, Seth Bates, Joel
Silvester, Nathaniel Torrey, Isaac Turner, Samuel Eells, Edward
Ramsdell, Benjamin Studley, Elijah Silvester, and Reuben Curtis.2

In the roll of Capt. Stetson's Company, in Col. Dike's Regiment,
for three months service, are the names of Benjamin Studley, 1st
Lieut. ; Solomon Bates, Corporal ; and Benjamin Studley, Jr.,
Warren Torrey, Amos Berry, Cornelius Silvester, and Seth Bates ;
and in the pay roll of Capt. Stetson's Company, for three months,
to Nov. 1776, are the additional names of James Whiting,
Stephen Randall, Dowty Bates, Thomas Gross, Francis Josselynn,
and Adam Perry. 4

On the town records, under date of Oct. 1, 1776, five men are
spoken of, as having been engaged for the expedition to Ticonde-
roga this year, and <£13 bounty per man was voted them. Fif-
teen men were also hired to go to New York to reinforce the Con-
tinental Army, and a bounty of X5 15s. was voted to each. Six-
teen men also went to Rhode Island for two months, to whom a
bounty of 20s. each per month, was voted : and a like bounty to
fifteen men who went to Bristol for three months.

Of the first named expedition, — that to Ticonderoga, — the only
record I find, is in the "Pay Roll of Capt. Christopher Bannister's
Companv, which went to Ticonderosra for two months and seven
days," where may be found the names of David Studley, Corporal,
and Abner Dwelley, Private.

The names of the fifteen, who went to New York, I have not
been able to learn.

Of the sixteen, who went to Rhode Island for 2 months, and the

1Rev. Rolls, 24. 11.

2 Rev. Rolls, 24. 37, and 24. 35.

8 Rolls, 24. 40.

4 Rolls, 26.420, etal.

OPERATIONS FOR 1776. 121

fifteen who went to Bristol, I find the following minutes. In the
Pay Roll of Capt. Amos Turner's Co., in Col. John Cushing's
Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island in 1776, for two months,
dated at Newport, R. I., Nov. 17, 1776, ' occur the names of
Michael Silvester, Snow Curtis, Nathl. Josselynn, Joseph Rams-
dell^ Samuel Brooks, Benj. Stetson, Simeon Curtis, Prince Curtis#
Benj. White, and Benj. Bass,' Privates ; and Israel Perry.
Drummer.

In the Field and Staff Officers Roll, upon the Bristol Alarm, in
1776, are the names of Samuel Baldwin, Chaplain; JohnCushing.
Colonel ; Benj. Bass, Quarter Master ; and Melzar Turner.
Adjutant.

In the Muster Roll of Capt. Amos Turner's Co., &c, which
marched to Rhode Island in 1776, are the names of2 Amos Tur-
ner, Captain; Seth Josselynn, Lt. ; Benj. Stetson, Benj. White,
and Belcher Clark, Sergeants ; Phillip Josselynn, and Clement
Bates, Corporals; David Torrey, Drummer; Samuel Eells, jr..
Fifer ; Isaac Josselynn, Clerk ; and Elijah Garnett, Wm. W. Eells.
Abner House, Nathl. Josselynn, Robt. Cushman, Cornelius White .
Oliver Bonney. Nathl. Clark, Joseph Carrel, Benj. Bates, Nathl.
' Josselynn, jr., Sam. Eells, Seth Bates, Stephen Torrey, Joseph
Ramsdell, Robt. Eells, Theoph. Witherell, Luther Torrey, Thos,
Oldham, Abner Studley, and Simeon Witherell, Privates.

In the Pay Roll of Capt. Joseph Soper's Co. to Bristol, 17,76-
. are the names of Joseph Soper, Captain ; John Hatch, 1st. Lt. ;
Joshua Dwelley, 2d Lt. ; Wm. Curtis, Timothy Rose, and Michael
. Silvester, Sergeants ; Snow Curtis, Corporal ; and Asa Whiting. •
Caleb Silvester, Benj. Clark, Elisha Palmer, Isaac Perry, Jona.
Pratt, Abel Whiting, Seth Curtis, jr., Jas. Whiting, Thos. Hatch.
Gideon Studley, Seth Curtis, Henchman Silvester, Job Curtis.
Elijah Gilbert, Benj. Mann, Josh. Mann, Joseph Brooks, Elisha
Simmons, Jesse Curtis, Prince Curtis, Melzar Curtis, Eliab Stud-
ley, Jabez Studley, Thos. Stetson, Israel Perry, Abel Curtis, and
Elijah Curtis, Privates.

1777. March 10, Committee of Safety, &c, Joshua Simmons.
Joseph Cashing, Timothy Rose. Benj. Bass, Lemuel Curtis, Captm

1 Rev. Rolls. 3. 178. 2 Rev. Rolls, 3, 132.

8 A

122 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Prince Stetson, Israel Perry, Capt. Robert L. Eells, Michael
Silvester, David Jacobs, Calvin Curtis, Lt. Benjamin Studley,
Jesse Curtis, Joseph Ramsdell, Abner Curtis, Seth Stetson, jr.
Melzar Curtis, Timothy Robbing, and Samuel Barstow, jr.

By an Act of the Province, called an " Act to prevent monopolies
and oppression," the following scale of prices for labor and goods
was fixed this year.

Day labor, for reaping and mowing, 3s. 6d. From April 1, to
last of September, 2s. 8d. For March, October, and November,
2s. 4d. For the three winter months, 2s. 6d. Good wheat, per
bu., 6s. 8d. Rye, 4s. 4d. Indian corn, 3s. 8d. Spanish pota-
toes, in the field, Is. ; out of the cellar Is. 4d. Good men's
shoes, 7s. 6d. Good tried tallow, 8d. Good veal, mutton, and
lamb. 3d. Horsekeeping, Is. 4d. per 24 hours. A yoke of oxen,
Is. 4d. Teaming work at Is. 6d. per mile. Turkeys, ducks,
dunghill fowls, and geese, 4d. per lb. Milk, 2d. per qt. Good
English hay 3s. per hund., and in proportion for a meaner quality.
Good merchantable boards, 40s. per M. at the mill. Good tur-
nips, Is. 4d. per bu. Cider at the mill, 6d. per bbl. Summer
apples, 6 l-2d. per bu. Winter apples, 8d. A middling sized
yoke of oxen, 2s. per day. For a common plow, in common busi-
ness, Is. 6d. White oak bark, at the tannery, 20s. per cord.
Black oak, 18s. Hemlock, 13s. 4d. Hog's fat, 7 l-2d. per lb.
Womens' shoes, 5s. 8d. per pair. Making mens' shoes, 2s. 6d.
Womens' shoes, the same, the shoemaker finding the heels. Other
shoes, in proportion. Hemlock boards, 32s. per M. Pine shin-
gles, without sap, 13s. 4d. Hemlock shingles, 12s. good and
clear, and with the grain. Tobacco, 5s. per. lb. Smith's coal,
at the pit, 13s. 4d. per load. Horse shoeing, steeled, toed, and
corked, fixed for the winter, 6s. 8d. Wood, at the E. end of the
town, from Oldham's to Benj. Clark's, and so to the old forge, wal-
nut, 13s. ; oak, lis. ; swamp-wood 9s. The other parts of the town,
walnut, 9s. 6d. ; oak, 8s. ; swamp wood, 7s. An ox cart and
wheels, Is. 4d. per day, and all other tools and implements, and all
other labor and business, according to former wages and customs.

In March of this year, the town's quota of every seventh man
was called for, and it was voted to give those that enlisted X14
each, in addition to the Continental and State bounties ; and a

EXPEDITION TO RHODE ISLAND. 123

committee of twenty was chosen, to hire the money and the men.
This measure, of offering bounty to soldiers, was adopted at the
urgent solicitation of Washington, and was deemed by him of great
importance, to encourage enlistments, and to secure their perma-
nence.1

In the early part of this year, there was another expedition to
R. I. ; and in the muster roll of Capt. Amos Turner's company,
are the names of2 Amos Turner, captain ; Reuben Rose, lieuten-
ant ; William Eells, sergeant ; Leonard Hill, corporal ; and Ezra
Briggs, Elisha House, John Hatch, John Bates, Solomon Bryant,
Samuel Brooks, Samuel Eells, Jr., Luther Torrey, Shuble Munroe,
Jr., Joseph Robbins, Samuel Torrey, Melzar Stoddard, Reuben
Curtis, and Henry Dillingham, privates. Of this number, Shuble
Munroe died in Hanover, in 1851, at the age of 90.

In Hayward Pierce's company, which marched on a secret
expedition to Tiverton, in Rhode Island, occur the names of3 Wil-
liam Curtis, sergeant ; Laban Rose, corporal ; and Simeon Cur-
tis, Elijah Sylvester, Joshua Dwelley, James Barstow, Elisha
Stetson, Elisha Simmons, Seth Curtis, Jr., Jesse Curtis, Elijah
Curtis, Samuel Brooks, Joseph Brooks, Seth Curtis, Elisha Sil-
vester, Elisha Palmer, Lemuel Bates, Seth Bates, Nathaniel Jos-
selynn, Nathaniel Torrey, Isaac Stetson, James Whiting, Joseph
Nickerson, Josiah Mann, Elijah Gilbert, Zachariah Lambert,
Benjamin Bowker, /Japhet CrookerA Josiah Damon, Nathaniel
Magoun, and others. /

In the pay roll of the four independent companies, stationed at
Hull, March 1, 1777, are the names of Caleb Silvester, sergeant ;
and Henchman Silvester, Levi Mann, Joshua Mann, and Cuffy
Tilden, privates.4

In the roll of bounty due Capt. Seth Stower's company, in
1777, are Calvin Curtis, Luther Robbins, Elisha Curtis, Reuben
Curtis, Cornelius Silvester, and Ezra Briggs.5

There were doubtless others out during this year, but the
names given, are all we have found.

Oct. 20, 1777, <£490 were voted for the pay of the soldiers
already enlisted ; and it was voted to purchase 105 lbs. of pow-
der for a town's stock, "if it can be had for 5s. per lb." A

1 See Marshall's Washington, vol. 1, p. 106, &c.

a Rev. Rolls, 3, 302 8 lb. 21, 266. 4 lb. 37, 4. 5 lb. 23, 25.

124 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

committee of three was also chosen, agreeable to the orders of
the Provincial Congress, to supply the families of soldiers absent
on service.

The operations for 1778, were quite extensive. Jan. 26, a
new quota was called for, and arrangements were made to obtain
the men. April 6. £200 were voted to supply the soldiers'
families.

A quota of shirts being called for, to supply the army, the town
voted that the selectmen should purchase the same, also the
" shoes and stockings called for by the Hon. Court of this State,
as cheap as they can " ; which was accordingly done, and the
supply forwarded.

In April, meetings were held throughout the State, to act
upon the draft of the Constitution which had been prepared ;
but this draft was so objectionable, that few towns voted in its
favor. In Hanover, a committee of fifteen was chosen to take the
subject into consideration, and report ; and at a meeting held
June 8, at which seventy-three persons were present, they " voted
the plan null and void to a man."

The enlistments for this year were as follows : — The Records of
the town speak of eleven men, as engaged April 11, to whom a
bounty of £27 each per month was voted; of men who went to
Hull the 3d of March last, to whom £88 bounty were voted; of
sixteen men raised, June 22, to guard the New England States, to
whom it was voted to give £15 each, per month, in addition to the
State's pay, — these being for the secret expedition to Rhode
Island ; — of eleven men raised June 29th, for six months, " to
join General Sullivan at Providence," to whom $4 per day were
voted, " with the publick's pay " ; and October 26th, the sum of
£3317 12s. 6d. was voted, " to pay the men that are and have
been raised since October last, in the different services of the
Commonwealth."

From the Revolutionary Rolls, we gather the following particu-
lars, relating to the service this year. In the " Pay Roll of
Captain Calvin Curtis' company, in Colonel John Jacobs Regi-
ment, of Massachusetts, from Jan. 1, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779," 1 are
the following Hanover names, viz : Calvin Curtis, captain ; and

1 Rev. Rolls, 1-147

OPERATIONS FOR 1778-9. 125

Jabez Studley, Clement Bates, Neal Bates, Nathaniel Josselynn,
and Abner Studley, privates. In the " Pay Roll of Captain
Abraham Washburn's company, which did duty near Boston, six
months, from July 1, 1778," 1 are the names of Caleb Silvester,
Seth Perry, Henchman Silvester, Thomas Torrey, Abner Curtis,
Elijah Turner, John Turner, Asa Turner, and Job Curtis.

In the " Pay Roll of Capt. Ichabod Bonney's company, that
did duty on Castle Island, agreeable to an order of Sept 7, 1778,
discharged Dec. 11, and allowed four days to return home,"2 are
the names of Nathaniel Chamberlin, sergeant ; Isaac Turner, cor-
poral ; Joseph Barstow, fifer ; and Albert Smith, Elijah Silvester,
Caleb Rogers, Luther Robbins, Nathaniel Torrey, Benjamin
Studley, Job Curtis, Samuel Garnet, Josiah Mann, and John
Bosworth, privates.

In Capt. Joseph Clift's company, in Col. Whitney's regiment,
which went to Rhode Island, in July 1778,3 occur the names of
Joshua Dwelley, lieutenant ; Snow Curtis, sergeant ; and Ben-
jamin Studley, Simeon Curtis, Job Tilden, Seth Curtis, Lemuel
Bates, Jacob Silvester, Luther Robbins, Seth Bates, Job Barstow
and Eells Damon, privates.

In the Pay Roll of Capt. John Turner's company, in Colonel
Eleazer Brook's regiment, which was at Cambridge, from Feb. 8
to April 4, 1778,4 are the names of Asa Whiting, Benjamin Bates,
Seth Bates, Jonathan Pratt, Simeon Curtis, James Whiting,
Henry Perry, Samuel Ramsdell, and Job Silvester. The same
names are on the Rolls from Feb. 18, 1777, to June 2, 1777.

In the Rolls for eight months service in 17 785 are the names
of Calvin Curtis, captain ; and Reuben Rose, lieutenant.

Finally, in the Muster Roll of Militia to serve in Gate's regi-
ment, until January 1, 1779,6 are the names of Amos Turner, and
Joseph Soper, captains ; and Nathaniel Josselynn, jr., Abner
Studley, Joseph Neal Bates, Clement Bates, and Jabez Studley,
privates.

On the Town Records, the names of the eleven men, raised
April 12, are thus given: — Joseph Turner, Solomon Bryant,
Gershom Curtis, Elijah Stetson, William W. Eells, Lot Ramsdell,

1 Rev.Rolls, 24-94. 2 Ibid 25, 17. 3 Ibid 1, 171.

4 Ibid, 23, 155. sjbid, 1, 62.

126 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Thomas Gross, Ezra Briggs, jr., Francis Josselynn, Nathaniel
House, and Melzar Lindsej.

1779. The Committee of Correspondence for this year, consisted
of Joseph Cushing, Esq., Benjamin Studley, John Curtis, Samuel
Stetson, Timothy Bobbins, John Hatch, Prince Stetson, and
Marlboro' Turner. On the 9th of August, the Town voted to
" stand by the doings of the State Convention that met at Con-
cord, July 14;" and Joseph Cushing, Esq., was chosen, to
" meet at Cambridge the 1st of September next, to draw a form
of Government.,, On the 30th of August, the town voted to
" stand by the report of the County Committee for two weeks ;"
and Sept. 13, it was voted " to abide by the regulations of the
County Committee until further orders." The convention al-
luded to in the last two votes, was held at Mr. Caleb Loring's, in
Plympton, Aug. 24.1 The references to enlistments for this year,
on the town records, are the following : March 23. — A commit
tee was appointed to settle " with the eight and nine months' men,
that went to the North Biver." July 5. — " Three men were
raised for an expedition of nine months to Springfield, and X3
per month, in the old way, and the Continental wages," were
voted them. Sept. 20. — " Five men " were raised for " two
months, to go to Bhode Island, and .£50 per man, were voted
them." Oct. 4. — The officers of the companies in the town were
instructed to hire two men "to go to Bhode Island, the first of
January." Oct. 19. — " Voted to pay the four men that went to
North Biver, and the three that went to Bhode Island."

From the Bevolutionary Bolls, our gleanings for this year are
but few. In the " Pay Boll of Lieut. Abner Dwelley's compa-
ny, in an expedition to Manchester, in the Northern Depart-
ment," a are the names of Abner Dwelley, lieutenant ; and John
Skiffe, sergeant. In the "Abstract of pay due Captain Calvin
Curtis' company, &c, July, 1779,3 for two months after arrival in
camp, &c, are the names of Calvin Curtis, captain; Beuben
Curtis, corporal ; and Leonard Hill, Jabez Studley, and Joshua
Palmer, privates.

It is to be regretted, that the names of all who served in the

1 Winsor, Hist. Dux. 2 Rev. Rolls, 18, 222. 3 Ibid. 31,163.

THE DARK HOUR. 127

army, were not entered on the records of the town. Had this
course been adopted, it would have been easy to ascertain who
were out, and the time they were absent. But to the confusion
incident to the general disturbance of the ordinary functions of
government, we are to attribute this neglect; and when we con-
sider the highly excited state of the public mind, and the anxiety
which prevailed as to the result of the war, we should be thankful
for the few items we may be able to glean.

1780. Committee of Correspondence : Joseph Cushing, Esq.,
Calvin Curtis, Joseph Soper, jr., Israel Perry, Benjamin Bass.
David Jacobs, John Hatch, Robert L. Eells, and Snow Curtis.

March 9. Voted*, to give the five men that went to Rhode
Island, last Fall, for two months, <£189, each.

April 10. £5,000 were raised for the use of the town, and
the pay of soldiers.

June 16. A meeting held, to raise fifteen men for six months,
to go to Springfield, and a Committee was chosen to engage them.

Jane 26. "Agreed to give the soldiers thirty silver dollars,
per month, and the Continent's pay."

June 27. £1,000, hard money, voted, to pay the six
months' men with ; and a Committee chosen, to settle with the
three men that went to North River, last Summer.

July 3. Voted, to give the three months' men, being eighteen
in number, " one silver dollar, or one bushel of corn, per day,
which ever they may choose." July 6. Voted, the eighteen men.
called for June 22, the same that the six months' men had.''
July 21. £500, in silver, raised to pay the soldiers with. Oct.
23. A meeting held, to get a quantity of beef, for the use of the
State ; and it was voted to raise $35,320, to purchase the same.
Oct. 30. £ 3,160, voted, " to supply the soldier's families."

A glance at the foregoing votes, shows the confusion and dis-
tress which prevailed at this period.

The war had lasted over four years. The private business of
the soldiers had been neglected. And though their families were
comfortably supported, yet the prospect for the future was gloomy
and threatening.

It was the country's dark hour. The currency was depreci-
ated. The army was suffering. The most sanguine were be-

128 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

coming discouraged. Had it not been for the noble generosity of
a few, and the determined energy of George Washington, the
Commander-in-Chief, all would have been lost. Enlistments pro-
ceeded slowly. Patriotism, if not flagging, was beginning to de-
spair. But, by desperate efforts, by earnest entreaties, and by
liberal promises, the army was recruited, funds were procured,
and the movements of the troops successfully conducted.

It is probable, that many of the soldiers named in the foregoing
lists, served in the army this year, and, perhaps, to the close of
the war. The policy of three years' enlistments had been
adopted ; and many were entered " during the war." Our
extracts from the Rolls, for this year, are few.

In the Pay Roll of Capt. Amos Turner's Company, in Col. John
Jacobs' Regiment,1 &c, are the names of Amos Turner, Captain ;
Benjamin Stetson, first Lieutenant ; Luther Robbins, Sergeant ;
and Amos Berry, Levi Bates, Job Tilden, Dowty Bates, Theoph-
ilus Witherell, Benjamin Bates, jr., Nathaniel Barstow, James
Woodward, Elisha Palmer, and Samuel Baldwin, Privates.

1781, Jan. 8. A meeting held to raise eighteen men, for three
years, or during the war, and a Committee chosen " to petition the
General Court to lessen the number called for from this town."
The sum of $100, in hard money, was voted, to each man that
shall engage, and Capt. Luther Bailey was directed " to get the
men, if he could, for that encouragement."

March 5. Men raised for Rhode Island, for forty days.
Committee of Safety : Capt. Joseph Soper, John Hatch, David
Jacobs, Benjamin Studley, Timothy Rose, Jesse Curtis, Thomas
Whiting, jr., Seth Bailey, Abner Curtis, Marlboro' Turner, John
Stetson, Joseph Brooks, and Simeon Curtis.

July 9. A meeting held to raise two men, for Rhode Island,
for five months, and a bounty of five shillings per day was voted
to each, with a like allowance for every twenty miles' travel
home, when discharged, — the same to be paid in silver money.

July 30. Voted, to raise £116. 7s., in silver, for the purchase
of beef, and a Committee having reported that beef could be had
for four pence per pound, it was voted, " that all those that turn

*Rev, Rolls, 3, 164.

INCIDENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE WAR. 129

in four silver dollars to the Committee, be allowed one hundred
pounds of beef for the same."

August 8. Men raised for West Point, for three months, and
six shillings per day were voted them, and ten dollars each,
before marching.

The only entry I have found on the Revolutionary Rolls, for
this year, is the following :

In the Pay Roll of Capt. Joseph Soper's Company, in Col.
Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, for service done in the State of
Rhode Island, in March, 1781, ' are the names of Joseph Soper,
Captain ; John Hatch, and Michael Silvester, Lieutenants ; Com-
fort Bates, Sergeant ; Neal Bates, and Josiah Chamberlain, Cor-
porals ; Reuben Curtis, Drummer ; Joseph Turner, Fifer ; and
Samuel Perry, Nathaniel Clarke, Cornelius Turner, Benjamin
Bates, Jabez Studley, Ezra Briggs, Clement Bates, Gershom
Curtis, Benjamin Bates, jr., and Edmund Silvester, Privates.

In the foregoing sketch, we do not claim to have presented the
name3 of all who enlisted in the war from Hanover. We have,
however, given as full a list as our means permitted. And what
we have furnished, is sufficient to show, that the citizens of this
town failed not of their duty in the great struggle for freedom,
but performed their part with fidelity and zeal.

Oar limits do not allow us to enter more at large into the gen
eral details of the war ; neither can we narrate all the incidents
of a traditionary character, which exist in the town. Many of
these are of interest ; but the fund of anecdotes already in exist-
ence, and published to the world, is such as not to require
enlargement bv us.

Of the incidents subsequent to the war, we have but little to
say. In 1784, a Committee of nine was chosen to consider the
offer of five years pay to the officers of the Revolution, and report ;
and February 9, the Committee reported, that " Scituate, Marsh-
field, Pembroke, and Abington, be invited to send a man or men
from their town to meet a man or men from this town, at such
time and place as they shall think proper, to consult what is best
to be done, concerning the pay of the Continental Officers."

]Rev. Roll?, 3, 134.

130 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

March 15, Lt. Benj. Studley, and Mr. Melzar Curtis were chosen
to meet at the Widow Boring's, with the County Convention, to
consult about the " officers pay."

1794, July 28. " Voted, that the town will take into considera-
tion the law of the Congress of the United States, particularly as
it respects the raising the men ordered to be procured in this
town."

August 9. Chose a Committee to procure the men when
called for into actual service. " Voted, that the town will give
those men who are returned by the officers, six shillings per day,
or three shillings for each half day, they shall be called upon for
service. Voted, that the town will indemnify the Committee, they
procuring the men as cheap as they can."

1795, November 9. A meeting was held to " take into consider-
ation the loss of the Town's stock of powder, — the same having
been stolen, — and to adopt such measures as may be thought
best calculated to recover the same or the value thereof," and a
Committee was chosen to " prosecute such person or persons as
may appear to them expedient."

1797, October 23. Voted to give the men who shall be de-
tached by the Commanding Officers of the two Companies, by order
of Goverment, or such as shall voluntarily enlist, $1 per day, for
each day they shall be called upon for service. Chose a Com-
mittee to procure men when called for, into actual service, to
serve in their stead, and voted to indemnify them for all expenses
accruing.

1799. Voted to allow the training band nine shillings compen-
sation, for two days at the Brigade muster at Halifax, — the offi-
cers to send a list of the same to the assessors.

The foregoing notes bring us to the time when the Hanover
Artillery Company was formed ; and the History of this Company,
and the sketch of the war of 1812, will form the subject of the en-
suing chapter.

CHAPTER IX ^3T0^

MILITARY HISTORY CONTINUED.

Military Companies subsequent to the Revolution — Haiover Artillery Company —
Hanover Light Infantry Company — Hanover Rifle, Company — "War of 1812 —
List of Soldiers.

Although it has never been the policy of the American people,
to encourage the formation of a standing army, for national de-
fence, yet the military spirit, awakened by the Revolution, con-
tinued to animate the public mind for many years ; and for some
time after the war of 1812, military offices were held in much
greater esteem than now, and military parades were frequent, and"
attracted considerable attention. Hence military companies have
existed in almost every town, in New England, down to a com-
paratively recent period ; but the Legislation of Massachusetts,
for the past twenty years, has done little to revive or 'encour-
age the war spirit, and its concomitants. .,.i

From 1783 to 1794, we find but one regularly organized com-
pany in Hanover, which was commonly known as the " old mili-
tia company,' ' and which was commanded by Col. John B. Bar-
stow, prior to the year 1800.

During the administration of the elder Adams, a second com-
pany was formed, which was commanded by Capt. Timothy
Rose ; but this continued in existence for a few years only, and
was eventually merged into the Hanover Artillery Company — the
only company now in existence in the town.

This last company was established about the year 1798, under
the auspices of Benj. Whitman, Esq., then settled as a lawyer
in Hanover, of whose history we have elsewhere spoken.
Mr. Whitman was the first Captain ; his subalterns being, Dr.
Melzar Dwelley, 1st Lieut., and Dr. Charles Turner, 2d Lieut.

132 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

The equipments of the members were, to each a white leather
belt, with a brass breast-plate ; coats of blue cloth faced with red,
with brass buttons, and cord ; pants and vest of a buff color ;
and the old fashioned chapeaux des bras, or cocked hats, of fur,
surmounted with a black plume, tipped with red.

The Company, at its parades, is said to have made a fine ap-
pearance ; its officers were gentlemen of high respectability ; and
no company, at the annual gatherings, on the muster field, attrac-
ted to itself more notice, or elicited warmer applause for the skill-
fulness of its manoeuvres. A fine band of music usually attended
it ; and everything connected with the Company was such, that
the few survivors, who were among its earliest members, speak of
it with an enthusiasm, which age has not damped, nor time
abated.

The Armory stood, in the first instance, on the rising ground,
still knoAvn as " Gun-house Hill," near the residence of Mr
Robert Silvester ; and during the Captaincy of Mr. Whitman,
the Company often marched to the Four Corners, for review.
Here, too, in the hall, over the store of Mr. Silas Morton, the fes-
tivities of election and parade days, were celebrated ; — the col-
lations served, and the " suppers" eaten. It is said, that, on one
occasion, the Company was marched to the Corners for parade,
and a large number of spectators were present at the review, —
among others, Kilborn Whitman, Esq., a brother of the Captain,
from the adjoining town of Pembroke. When seated at the din-
ner table, their guest was called upon for a " toast," as the glas
ses circulated ; and, rising with much dignity and impressiveness?
he gave, " The Hanover Artillery Company ; may their pieces
be loaded with true New England principles, wadded with Jacob-
inism, and pointed against every aspiring demagogue," — a toast,
which, however exceptionable to some, and gratifying to others
was drank with the usual cheers, perhaps for the sake of the
New England in the glasses.

In 1806, Albert Smith was chosen Captain of the Company
and, at his request, the town voted that " the Artillery Company
may move the Gun-house on the Town's land near the meeting
house," and Capt. John B. Barstow, Capt. Daniel Barstow,
Israel Perry, Capt. Joshua Mann, and Capt. Clement Bates,

HANOVER RIFLE COMPANY. 133

were appointed a Committee to select a site for the same. The
site chosen, was in the rear of the meeting house, on one corner
of the old burial ground ; and here the house stood until a new
one was erected.

In October, 1806, the Selectmen were instructed to purchase
"what powder is wanted for the company ; " in Oct. 1808, they
were instructed to purchase " four camp kettles for the company ;"
and in 1811, they were instructed to " complete the town's stock
of military equipments."

In 1819, Elisha Barrell, jr., being chosen Captain, it was
deemed advisable to erect a new Gun-house; and Captain
Barrell applied to the Adjutant General, for aid from the State,
and in November of that year, the Selectmen were appointed
" agents to convey to the Commonwealth, land whereon to set a
Gun-house," and the same was erected, being that now occu-
pied by the Company, and standing near the centre of the town.
We do not know that we can give a complete list of the officers
of this Company ; but the names of the Captains, so far as we
have learned, were as follows : Benj. Whitman, Esq. ; Albert
Smith, Esq. ; Hon. E. F. Jacobs, of Scituate ; Elisha Barrell, jr. :
Edward Curtis ; Levi Curtis ; Elias W. Pratt ; William Morse ;
Isaac H. Haskins ; Wm. Thomas ; Joseph Brooks, jr. ; James
House ; Daniel Barstow, jr. ; James Brooks ; Benjamin N. Curtis ;
Charles Brooks ; and Duncan T. Stoddard, the present Captain.

During the residence of Col. Jesse Reed, in Hanover, an Inde-
pendent Infantry Company was formed, under his auspices, of
which he was commander, which lasted for some years, but was
finally disbanded.

About the year 181G, the Hanover Rifle Company was formed,
of which Elijah Hay ward, was the first captain ; and after «him,
Hosea Whitman, William Josselynn, Nathan Dwelley, Samuel
Bennett, and others, commanded it, until its removal to Hanson.
It was annexed to the 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade, 5th Division,
of the Massachusetts Militia, and the Commissions of Captain
Dwelley we have seen. The members of the Company were from
Hanover, Scituate, Marshfield, Pembroke, Hanson, &c. Their
uniform and equipments, consisted of green pants and coat : a
felt cap, with a long green plume : and to each a rifle, knapsack,

134 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

&c. The arms were kept at their own houses. The company
met at the Four Corners, for review, near the Episcopal Church-
Their band consisted of two fifers, two tenor drummers, one bass
drummer, and sometimes performers on the clarionet and bugle.
There was no practice of " target shooting," by the company ;
but it attended the musters held at Church-hill, in Scituate ; in
Pembroke, near Horace Collamore's ; and elsewhere.

Mr. Dwelley was chosen Ensign in 1820 ; on which occasion, a
standard was presented, and an address delivered, by one of
the young ladies of the town. The clergy of the neighborhood were
present on the occasion ; and an assemblage of from two to three
hundred spectators, among whom were the ladies, dressed in
white, each with a green ribbon encircling the waist ; and Miss
Eliza Stetson, who delivered the address, was accompanied by
Miss Eells, now the wife of Capt. Dwelley, and Miss Ruth Stock-
bridge. The standard being presented, and waved, the music
cheered, and the company, with their guests, marched to the hall,
opened right and left, the ladies entered, the refreshments were
served, and the remainder of the day was passed in partaking of
cake, tea, lemonade, and strong drinks, which, in some cases,
proved a little too strong for those who partook too freely.

Having a copy of the address delivered by Miss Stetson, we
present it as a memorial connected with the history of the com-
pany.

" Sir, — The Ladies of Hanover and its vicinity, impressed with
a high sense of the merits of the Rifle Company, in their behalf,
I present you this Standard, in full confidence that you will not
suffer it to be wrested from you, nor its reputation sullied. To be
a lover of peace while prepared for war, is a characteristic of the
American soldier; but though peace is our anxious wish, we would
not have it purchased or preserved by the surrender of any of
those rights and privileges procured and transmitted to us by our
Fathers. Should any insolent foe attempt to deprive us of these
dear-bought, and invaluable blessings, then, Sir, think of this ban-
ner ! Think of our ancestors ! and you must be brave ! Re-
member jour friends, and you will conquer !"

WAR OF 1812. 135

WAR OF 1812.

Of the causes which led to the war of 1812, we need not
speak at large here. Its history is so recent, that the materials
for its investigation are ample and complete. We shall only
notice the proceedings of the citizens of Hanover, and this but
briefly, as many other matters yet remain to be treated, and our
space is limited.

June 2, 1812. The town voted, " to make soldiers up §15
per month, with what the Government pay, when called upon for
actual service." Also, " voted, to give them $1 per day, for
every day they are called out of town to do duty."

Aug. 3. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions, ex-
pressing the views of the town concerning the war ; and these
resolves were recorded, and copies sent " for publication in the
Republican newspapers in Boston."

The Committee of Safety for this year, consisted of Turner
Stetson, Albert Smith, Aaron Hobart, jr., Joshua Mann, and
Snow Curtis. The Selectmen were likewise instructed to pur-
chase a town's stock of powder, and $50 were voted to pay for
the same.

In 1811, the Selectmen were instructed to "hire such sums of
money as may be necessary for the safety of the town during the
war." Also, " voted, to make up the soldier's pay to $20 per
month, until October 1, and those that have been called out before,
and the non-commissioned officers to receive the same pay." The
selectmen were likewise instructed, to " furnish the militia with a
suitable number of cartridges."

The Committee of Safety for this year, consisted of Aaron
Hobart, jr., Esq., Isaiah Wing, Esq., Elijah Hay ward, John B.
Barstow, and Benjamin Stockbridge.

A detachment of the Artillery Company of the town, under
Lieut. Elisha Barrell, jr., was at Scituate harbor, for sixty-eight
days, from July 1, to September 6, 1814 ; and the whole com-
pany, under Captain Edward F. Jacobs, was at Plymouth, from
September 19 to October 19, 1814.

136

HISTORY OF HANOVER.

The following, from the pay roll of the company, is a list of the
officers and matrosses, who went to Plymouth.

a
a

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a
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Capt. E. F. Jacobs,

Lieut. Elisha Barrell, jr.,
" Edward Curtis,

Sergt. Amos Dunbar,
Stephen Jacobs,
Levi Curtis,
Stephen Curtis,

Corpl. Calvin D. Wilder,
Reuben Curtis,5
Oren Josselynn,
Elias Barrell,

Luther Turner,

Eleazer Josselynn

Gideon Perry,

Levi Perry,

Matrosses.

John Clapp,

Luther Curtis,

Robert Curtis,

Elisha Magoun,

Nathaniel Curtis,

Elias Magoun,

Nathaniel Farrow,

Lewis Gross,

► Musicians.

Ozias Whiting,
Charles Bailey, jr.,
Benjamin S. Munroe,
Joseph Brooks, jr.,
Joseph Sylvester,
Benjamin C. Pratt,
Justus Whiting,
Barker Wing,
John Jones, jr.,
Piam Damon,
Cyrus White,
John Curtis,
Melzar Curtis,
Joshua Stetson,
Job Curtis,
David T. Joyce,
John Gross,
Benjamin Bowker,
Gideon Studley, jr.,
Lemuel Curtis,
Joseph Damon,
Gad Bailey,
Benjamin II. Clark,
Allen Clapp.

CHAPTER X.

MANUFACTURES AND TRADE.

" Yet I exult,
Casting reserve awav, exult to see
An intellectual mastery exercised
O'er the blind elements : a purpose givei
A perseverance fed, almost a soul
Imparted, to brute matter."

Wordsworth.

History of Manufactures in the town — Forges and Furnaces — Bardin's, now the
Curtis Forge — Barstow's, now Sylvester's Forge— Dyer's, now Perry's Tack Fac-
tory—Sketch of the Life of Col. Jesse Reed— {The Drinkwater Works, now
Bates and Holmes — Barker's Foundry — Salmorld's Tack Works — Tolman's
Mills — Saw and Grist Mills — Plough Manufacture, and Sketch of the Life of
David Frouty — Other branches of Industry,

To attempt to give a full sketch of the history of manufactures
and trade, in this town, would require far more space than we can
spare for the subject ; — nor would such a sketch, which must
necessarily be principally statistical, be generally interesting. We
should be happy to give a list of the names of all, who have, at
different periods, been owners of the forges, furnaces, saw-mills,
grist-mills, &c, which have been erected ; as well as of those who
have engaged in trade, and other branches of industry ; but,
apart from the fact that authentic records are wanting, from which
to draw these names, and the difficulty of obtaining them only
from tradition, such a list, however gratifying as a memorial of
family enterprise, could only be regarded as a sort of muster-roll,
telling who had served, it is true, but not much of what they had
accomplished.

We do not propose, however, to pass the subject by in silence.
On the contrary, in itself, it is of far too much importance, to be
treated with neglect, and the place which it occupies in our history
is too conspicuous to be entirely overlooked. The town of Hano-
ver has done something, in the line of manufacturing enterprise, as
the statistics of the State show ; and considering the many dis-
advantages under which our population have labored, from
many sources, we think that what has been done, is highly

creditable to their industry and perseverance.
.0

138 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

The petition for the incorporation of the town, states that there
were, then within its limits, " five saw-mills, and three iron-mills,
and others," probably grist-mills.

As the names of these mills, and of the owners, are not given7
we are left to learn them from the few hints scattered over our
records.

FORGES, TACK WORKS. ETC.

As early as 1704, according to Deane, Bardin's Iron Works
were erected on the Indian Head River ; and these are called, on
the records of the town, in 1T30, the " old iron works." Thomas
and Joseph Josselynn, were owners of the same, before 1743, and
they were afterwards improved by Seth, Philip, Isaac, and John
R. Josselynn, and others. They are now in the possession of Mr.
George Curtis, who is engaged principally in the manufacture of
Anchors, and other heavy forge work. On the Pembroke side of
the stream, and opposite these works, stands an old saw-mill, now
owned by Messrs. George Curtis, and Capt. Haviland Torrey ;
also a carding-mill, first built by Jesse Reed, at a spot farther up
the stream, and moved from thence to its present locality. This,
too, is owned by Mr. Curtis. A small furnace stood on the same
side of the stream some years ago, but it is now gone.

The Curtis family has been connected with these works at least
sixty years, or since 1790, though Seth Josselynn continued to be
an owner until 1803, and Lemuel Dwelley, as late as 1839.
Benj. Studley, and John R. Josselynn, were part owners in 1791,
at which date they disposed of their interest to Lemuel Curtis,
The year previous, or in 1790, Lemuel Curtis sold one fourth of
the forge, &c. to Reuben and Consider Curtis, and Reuben dis-
posed of his fourth to George Curtis, in 1831.

In 1839, Lemuel Dwelley, sold his half to George Curtis, and
since that period, the last named gentleman has conducted the
works individually.

The first works owned by the Curtis family, as also the build-
ing erected for a corn-mill in 1832, were destroyed by fire in
1848, and new buildings have been since erected. The old saw-
mill, on the Pembroke side, yet remains, and is used some every
winter ; — - also the old carding-mill, though the wool carding busi-

CURTIS FORGE.

139

ness, which was once very good, is now comparatively worthless.
This mill was leased to Mr. Edward Y. Perry, for two years, from
1836-38, for running tack machines.

Mr. Curtis employs, in his anchor works, about sixteen hands, and
manufactures from 200 to 250 tons of anchors per year. Busi-
ness has always been active at this place ; and, for nearly one
hundred and fifty years, from amidst the charming and romantic
scenery around, has ascended the smoke of the furnace, and the
loud din of the descending hammer may be heard daily.

It is said that, from twenty-five to thirty years ago, anchors
were made for the United States Government at this Forge, some
of which were of great size, weighing five tons ! Since the erec-
tion of the works at Washington, private contracts have been dis-
continued.

Formerly ship-knees, of iron, were made here ; but at present,
wooden knees are considered quite as serviceable, and are gene-
rally preferred.

The anchors made by Mr. Curtis, are for merchant ships
and other vessels, and range in weight from 100 to 5000 lbs.

We annex a view of the " Old Forge."

Barstow's Forge, to which we have alluded on p. 19, was
erected in 1720, and was occupied by the Barstow family, until
the removal of Joshua, to Exeter, N. H., in 1795, when it was
purchased by the Salmonds, and was improved by them, and by
Nathaniel Cushing, and Charles Josselynn, for about thirty years.

140 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

In 1828, Mr. Salmond disposed of his interest in the works to
Thomas Hobart, of Abington, who had been part owner for several
years ; and at that time there were, on the premises, one forge for
the manufacture of bar iron, one anchor shop, one tack factory,
and a corn mill. Mr. John Silvester, who is still connected with
the works, entered them at about this date. About one hundred
tons of bar iron were made per year, and one hundred tons of
anchors. Of tack machines, from twelve to fourteen were run, and
from two to three tons of tacks were made a week.

About the year 1825, Messrs. Hobart & Salmond had a con-
tract from the United States Government for the manufacture of
anchors for the Navy, and several were made for seventy-four
gun-ships, of the largest size ever forged probably.

As far back as the period of the Revolution, quite a business is
said to have been done at this forge, in the manufacture of cannon
balls by Mr. Barstow, and he is spoken of as one of the most en-
terprising men ever in the town. He melted his iron at an ordi-
nary forge fire, and moulded his balls in the bottom of the forge.

At present, the works, which are conducted by Mr. Silvester,
are adapted principally to forging anchors, shaftings, locomotive
cranks, and wagon axles. Mr. Silvester commenced the manufac-
ture of locomotive cranks as early as 1830, and was one of the
pioneers in this branch of business.

Many tack machines are built here yearly, though the tack
business is not conducted at the place as formerly. About one
hundred and fifty tons of iron are used at this forge.

Between the Curtis Forge, and that of Mr. Silvester, and at
a place called " Project Dale," stands the tack factory of Mr.
Edward Y. Perry, moved to this spot by Mr. Charles Dyer, about
the year 1830, from Col. Reed's dam, of, which we shall soon
speak. There was an old dam, a grist mill, and carding mill,
on the premises.

From papers, in the possession of Mr. Dyer, we learn that
James Torrey had a fulling-mill at this spot, in 1737, at which date
the place was called Project Dale. Mr. Torrey had bought fifty-
two acres of land of Wm. Clift, deceased ; and five acres, with a
dwelling house, of Joseph Smith, in 1730. This mill privilege was
sold to Thomas Josselynn, in 1737. and, for some time, the plac

perry's tack works. 141

was known as " Josselynn's Corn-mill," and the lane leading to
it, as " Mill Lane."

During the latter part of the 18th century, Joseph Stetson
was proprietor of this mill, at which date it was known as " Stetson's
mill ;" and at his decease, it was sold by his administrators, to
Lemuel Curtis, who gave it to Nathaniel Curtis, and by him it was
sold to Mr. Elisha Hobart. It is now owned by the. heirs of Mr.
Curtis, and is occupied by Mr. Perry.

Mr. Dyer conducted the works for ten years, from 1829 to
1839, as agent for Mr. Hobart, after which he formed a partner-
ship with Mr. Perry, which continued until 1850, when Mr. Perry
took the sole charge of the works.

An idea of the extent to which the business is conducted by
Mr. Perry, may be gathered from the following statistics. He
employs sixteen hands, twelve of whom are males, and four fe-
males ; — manufactures three hundred pounds of shoe nails per
day, and about eight hundred thousand of tacks ; — uses from two
to three tons of copper, twenty-five tons of zinc, and seventy-five
tons of iron per year ; runs three shoe nail, and seven tack
machines, and one machine for three-penny nails, of which about
one hundred pounds per day are made.

The location of these works is very pleasant, especially in the
summer season, being in a quiet dale, environed by hills, clothed
with evergreen, and deciduous trees ; and both here, and at the
place next named, at an early period, the business of tack
making was commenced, and has since been continued.

A short distance farther up the stream, Col. Jesse Reed, now
of Marshfield, was located for a time. He came to Hanover
about the year 1812, and lived on what is called the Smith
farm, which he purchased of Mr. Robert Salmond, and which is
now owned by Mr. Nathan Dwelley. The privilege which he
improved, was purchased of Mr. Enos Bates, where Mr. Bates
contemplated the erection of a dam and grist mill. Col. Reed
built the dam, and put up a grist mill, and nail factory and ma-
chine shop. He remained in the town several years, and thence
moved to Marshfield, where he yet resides.

The career of this gentleman, is worthy of notice, as an instance
of the manifold blessings which a genius like his confers upon the
public.

142 HISTORY OP HANOVER.

His father was a clock maker by trade, and, at the date of the
birth of Jesse, in 1778, resided in North Bridgewater, Mass. At
the age of nine years, the son went to Easton, to reside with Mr.
Dean, with whom he remained three years, during which time his
mechanical taste was displayed in the construction of a trip ham-
mer', put in operation by a wheel and cam shaft, propelled by
water. At the age of twelve, he returned to his father, and soon
after constructed the main part of a wooden clock. At the age
of fifteen, he was apprenticed to a joiner in Randolph, Mass.,
where he served a regular apprenticeship at that business.

During this period, he tried his skill on perpetual motion ; and
the result of his labors is thus given in his own words : " I worked
two days and three nights without sleep. The last night, a lit-
tle before day light, I got it ready to put into operation ; and to
avoid notice, I went into a little pine grove, with a friend, to put
it together and set it in motion. I found that as soon as it was
put together, it would go as well one way as the other, and that
it would not go either way without help. I was then fully convinced
that it was out of the power of man to put machinery together so
as to produce perpetual motion, and that nothing short of the power
to create could do it. To this belief I have ever since adhered."

At the age of twenty-two, or thereabouts, he invented and con-
structed a rotary pump, which worked well, but which was soon
laid aside. His mind was next drawn to improvements in the
manufacture of cut nails, and his first machine, for making
nails from rods, was patented in 1802. One third of his interest
in this right was sold to Rev. Jonathan Strong, of Randolph, and
another third to Thomas Ordiorne, of Boston ; they to have two-
thirds of all improvements Mr. Reed should make in the businesss.
But the experiment of manufacturing from rods, proved a failure, in
a pecuniary point of view ; and the next plan was to roll the iron
to a suitable thickness, and slit it into pieces of the right size for
the body of the nail, and flatten the point, — but this plan also
failed.

The third step was the construction of a machine for cutting

and heading at one operation. On this machine a pa,tent was ob-
tained, but it was soon laid aside. A heading machine was next
constructed, into which, after the nails were cut, they were fed by
hand ; but this was also laid aside.

I

SKETCH OP COL. JESSE REED. 143

The partners of Mr. Reed now leaving him, he located in
North Bridgewater, and built a small house by a waterfall, as a
family residence, using the lower part of the building as a machine
shop. Here he built two or three nail machines of different kinds,
but pecuniary embarrassments caused him to lose his all, and he
left his home, and went to Boston, where he worked at his trade,
of a joiner, and was employed in constructing the first lock on the
canal through Medway. Thence he went to Providence R. I.
There he made the model of a nail machine known as the "Odiorne
Tool." Leaving Providence, he moved to West Bridgewater,
Mass., and there commenced making patterns for a machine for
four-penny nails, to be propelled by the foot, which made sixty-
two nails per minute. This was in 1803. His old partners now
joining him again, machines for four-penny and six-penny nails
were made, and set up in Plymouth.

In 1805 or 1806, the machine known as the " Odiorne Tool,"
was patented, which was sold to the Messrs. Odiorne in 1806,
and Mr. Reed moved to Kingston.

It was about this time, that his machine for pulverizing dye-
woods was invented, for Messrs. Barrett & Shattuck, of Maiden,
Silk Dyers. Letters patent for this invention were obtained
in 1807.

Soon after this, the machine known as the " Reed Tool," for
the manufacture of nails, was invented ; and whilst in Hanover,
his tack machines were invented, and put into operation. He
likewise worked, for a time, on a high pressure steam engine, but
soon abandoned it.

Disposing of his first privilege, in Hanover, he moved to one
near Rocky Run, where he erected works, and conveyed water
to his wheel through a trough one third of a mile long ; but
the difficulties encountered here were such, that he finally sold
out entirely, and moved to Marshfield, where he has since resided.
His later inventions, are machines for steering vessels ; differ-
ent patterns of pumps ; cotton gins ; treenail machines, &c. In
all, he has obtained patents on from twenty to thirty different
machines in his day, many of which are of great importance to
the community ; and every house builder has the benefit of his
ingenuity.

344 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Mr. Reed is a man of indefatigable industry, and of indomitable
perseverance. He has made and lost several fortunes in his day.
Free and generous in his manners, he is not one who hoards all his
gains, to increase his own stores ; but considers himself as a pub-
lic servant, and expends, on new inventions, the fruits of his pre-
vious toils. Thus, in his old age, not a millionaire, resting
from his labors, he is still at work, with a mind as active and
vigorous as ever.

On King-street, the " Drinkwater Iron Works," or " Mighill's
Works," were erected, about the year 1710. The early histo-
ry of these works is involved in some obscurity. Tradition says,
that during the Revolution, camion were cast here, and carried
down by the old fulling mill, near where Barker's foundry now
stands, for trial ; and Tilson Gould was killed by the bursting of
one of the guns, the pieces of which are said to be yet lying on
the bottom of the old furnace pond.

About the year 1816, Charles Josselynn, Oren Josselynn,
Timothy Rose, Calvin Bates, and others, erected a forge on the
dam, and the works are now owned and improved by Messrs.
Bates and Holmes, — the latter gentleman being the agent. Be-
sides the forge, there are on the dam a saw mill, a grist mill, a
box board mill, and a shingle mill, owned by the same company.

We learn from Mr. Bates, that five hands are usually employed
in the forge, and from fifty to sixty tons of anchors, with wrought
iron bars, &c, are made at the works.

The three forges above-named, — viz : those of George Curtis,
John Silvester, and Messrs. Bates and Holmes, are old establish-
ments,— among the oldest in Plymouth County ; — and, by a glance
at the dates given, it will be seen that the town of Hanover may
justly claim to have borne its part in this highly useful branch
of industry ; and these works have not only added to the wealth,
but to the prosperity of the town, and the promotion of its out-
ward interests.

To the eastward of the works of Messrs. Bates and Holmes
stands the foundry of Mr. Joshua Barker, erected about the year
1830, at which stoves, hollow-ware, and machinery of different
kinds are cast.

SAW AND GRIST MILLS. 145

An old falling mill formerly stood near this spot, improved,
many years ago, by Messrs. Bailey, Hatch, and others.

The tack works of Mr. Samuel Salmond,are on the Third Her-
ring Brook, and at the spot where the " Stockbridge mill " for-
merly stood. This mill was erected as early as 1677, by Charles
Stockbridge ; it descended to his sons ; and, in 1692, Thomas
Stockbridge sold one-half of the mill to John Bryant, and Samuel
Stetson. In 1729, Thomas Stockbridge, son of the first Thomas,
sold " one-fourth of the saw-mill" to Jonah Stetson, whence the
name of Jonatis Mill ; Samuel Stetson having sold his fourth of
the " corn mill," to the said Jonah Stetson, in 1726.

The mill was afterwards the property of Recompense Tiffany,
and was called the Tiffany mill.

Tack works were erected on the premises about 1830, and
were conducted, for some years, by Capt. Zephaniah Talbot, and by
John, and William, brothers of Mr. Samuel Salmond. The latter
gentleman has conducted the works since 1838, uses about sixty
tons of tack plates per year, employs fifteen male hands, and five
females, and runs from twenty to twenty-five machines.

Tolman's mills are near Winslow's bridge, on the Third Her-
ring Brook, but the proprietor is a resident of Scituate.

The tack business was commenced in Hanover at an early date,
and tack machines were invented here by Col. Reed ; so that we
feel as if our town could claim some credit on the score of useful
inventions, and the successful prosecution of the branch of indus-
try opened by these inventions.

SAW AXD GRIST MILLS. V^^^v

We cannot devote much space to the history of the saw and
grist mills in the town.

Eliab's mill, so called, or the Studley mill, stood on Pleasant
street, and the site is now occupied by the shingle mill of Mr.
Nahum Stetson. The privilege has been improved since the
middle of the last century.

Tradition says, that an old saw mill formerly stood near Ellis'
bridge, which was burnt by the Indians in 1676, and the erec-
tion of a new mill on the spot, at whose raising cold water, instead
of sjnrituous liquors, was furnished as a beverage, gave rise to

146 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

to the term " Drinkwater," so frequently occurring on the Town
records.

As early as 1723, a saw mill was erected on Curtis street,
where the mill of Deacon John Brooks now stands. The latter
mill was erected in 1851, and is the third which has stood on the
dam. Mr. Brooks has been connected with this mill for seventeen
years, and saws, on an average, from eighty to one hundred
thousand feet of inch and half-inch pine boards, annually, be-
sides pine and oak plank, joist, and timber.

In the woods, west of the mill of Mr. John Brooks, stands the
shingle and box board mill, built by Joseph Brooks, about 1820,
and which was occupied as a grist mill until 1833. Here, the
iron work of Mr. Prouty's ploughs was polished. Cedar and pine
shingles are now sawed, — the material being obtained from the
forests of Hanover, and the adjoining towns.

An old grist mill formerly stood on North street, where the
brook crosses the street, at the bridge, and was owned, many
years ago, by Caleb Mann. It was built by his father, Benjamin
Mann, and was an old-fashioned mill, with a large wheel, requiring
a great quantity of water to turn it.

The mill of the Messrs. Jacobs, stands on the Third Herring
Brook, and is on the bounds of Hanover and South Scituate, —
the saw mill being in South Scituate. This was erected, proba-
bly, about the year 1700.

The old Curtis mill, also on the Third Herring Brook, is now
in the possession of T. J. Gardner, Esq., and was erected about
the year 1692.

The Clapp mills, are also on the Third Herring Brook, not far
from Mr. Gardner's, but belong to South Scituate, as does the
mill of Mr. Gardner. Large quantities of lumber are sawed at
all these mills, annually, for the trunk and box factories in South
Scituate and Hanover, and for building purposes.

A small grist mill was early erected by the Curtis family, on
Hugh's Cross, now Silver Brook, and is yet standing, though but
little used.

The late saw mill of Messrs. Cobb & Cushing, burnt in 1852,
stood near Teague's Bridge, in Hanson, and was formerly known
as Hatch's mill.

MANUFACTURE OF PLOUGHS. 147

PLOUGH BUSINESS.

About the year 1811, Mr. David Prouty, a native of Scituate,
came to Hanover, settled on the place which had been
owned by Mr. Thomas Hatch, and lived in the house built by
Mr. H. Here he found a farm, rough, and hard to cultivate,
especially to one in his feeble health. In connexion with his
farm, he opened a store, and, with his trading, joined the business
of weaving cotton cloth. This cloth was made from yarn obtained
at the factories in Dedham, Dorchester, and Marshfield, and was
put out by Mr. Prouty to females in his neighborhood ; furnishing,
to a large number, a source of steady, and, for a season, profitable
income. This business was continued, until the system of weaving
by power-looms wTas introduced, which caused hand-weaving to be
soon abandoned.

Mr. P. was then, for about two years, engaged in manufacturing
black morocco shoes, with Major Wm. Morse ; which he pursued with
his usual zeal and earnestness. The business, however, was not
conducted by him very extensively, — but six hands being em-
ployed in the shop ; — and, on its relinquishment, we find him
contemplating a visit to New York State, with a view to a perma-
nent settlement. Whilst in that State, his attention was called to
the ploughs used by agriculturists at that date ; and though we
cannot confidently say, that he was the first inventor of the cast
iron ploughs, which have since given to his name a world-wide ce-
lebrity, yet patents were early obtained by him for their manufac-
ture, on principles whose discovery must be attributed to him ; —
he was a 'pioneer in the business ; — and, to the close of his useful
life, he gave all his energies to its prosecution, and his efforts were
crowned with a success, not only gratifying to him personally, but
eminently beneficial to the community, reflecting honor upon his
genius, and attesting the fertility of his resources.

At the time Mr. Prouty commenced the manufacture of the
ploughs which still bear his name, the implements then in use by
farmers, were of a far different stamp from those seen at the
present day, as may be seen from the annexed cuts. That part
of the instrument which performs the labor, was of wood, strapped
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ploughs of Mr. Prouty's construction. But it was no easy matter
for him, at the outset, to convince the public of the superior value
of his invention. He had not only hereditary prejudices to
encounter ; — that spirit of conservatism, too much of which still
exists among the yeomanry of New England, — but also the idea
which prevailed, that pot metal, as it was termed, was too brittle
a substance to stand the rough use to which the plough is sub-
jected. But, by practical demonstrations of the strength of his
implements, he silenced this objection, and vanquished those pre-
judices.

Deacon John Brooks, of Hanover, well recollects when the first
plough made by Mr. P. was put in operation. It was taken to a
gravel knoll, on the highway, near the present residence of Mr.
Samuel Brooks, Main Street, and many were the prophecies, that
as soon as the oxen were attached, and an attempt was made to
break up the almost impenetrable surface, it would at once be
shattered, and found worthless. But Mr. P., who had all confi-
dence in his success, held the plough himself, guided its operations ,
and, as the team moved on, and the furrows were turned, the pro-
phecies of failure, vanished as the dew before the morning sun.

Not long after, as a farther test of their strength, Mr. P.
caused one of his ploughs to be taken to a piece of land on Wal-
nut street, almost covered with rocks ; and here, it was freely
prophesied, that his instrument would be broken ; — but here, as
before, it worked admirably, and the triumph of Mr. P. was
final and complete.

The establishment of Mr. Prouty, in Hanover, was not on so
extensive a scale, as was that conducted by him subsequent to his
removal from the town. About one thousand ploughs, per year,
were made, and from three to four hands employed in the shop.
There was a blacksmith's shop attached to his premises, also a
building in which was machinery for sawing plough beams, &c,
by horse-power.

Mr. Prouty left Hanover about the year 1833, and established
himself in Boston, where, in company, with Mr. John Mears,
and Mr. Lorenzo Prouty, and under the firm of Prouty and Mears,
the business of manufacturing ploughs, and other agricultural im-

MANUFACTURE OF PLOUGHS. 151

pleraents, was carried on until the decease of Mr. Prouty, and is
now conducted by Mr. Lorenzo Proutj, and Mr. John Mears, jr., at
their extensive warehouses, on North Market, and Clinton streets.

It would be agreeable to us, did our limits permit, to quote a
few of the many testimonials which have been published, in favor
of the value and excellence of Mr. Prouty's ploughs, and the import-
ance of his invention to the agricultural community. Not only
at most of the Fairs in the different Counties of Massachusetts,
have premiums been awarded, but similiar premiums have been
bestowed at the Fairs of other States, and even at the World's Fair.
Indeed, the fame of the inventor has spread farther than that of
many a warrior, and many a statesman ; and it will endure so
long as the community can appreciate the worth of those who
have been the benefactors of the laboring classes.

The light in which his invention has been viewed by practical
farmers, may be seen from the following note, from the pen of the
lamented Elias Phinney.

Lexington, Mass., February 25th, 1846.

To Mr. James Pedder,

Dear Sir : — You ask my opinion of the' " Centre
Draught Plough." I give it freely, and in few words.
If my opinion of its merits, will, in any measure induce my bro-
ther Farmers to adopt this, in preference to any other plough
now in use, I shall feel that I have rendered an important ser-
vice to the public, and, at the same time, contributed my share
toward the discharge of the debt of gratitude due to the Inven
tor of this invaluable improvement, in an implement of so great
importance to Agriculture.

I have, for twenty-five years past, personally superintended
my own estate, part of which I have annually had under the plough.
I have tried English, Scotch, and every variety of American
ploughs, and presume I shall be excused for saying, that I con-
sider myself a competent judge of their relative value in the hands
of farmers. The application of the "Centre-Draught" principle
to the plough, by Messrs. Prouty & Mears, is, unquestionably,
the greatest improvement that has been made in the Implement
since its first invention. The remedy for the long existing evil of
having the whole resistance on one side of the line of draught,
and the necessity of placing the centre of resistance exactly on
the line of draught, first suggested itself to the philosophical mind
of David Prouty.

152 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Mr. Prouty was a practical farmer. lie saw the objections
to the old-fashioned plough — his ingenious mind set about devising
means, whereby the power of draught might be greatly lessened,
the liability to wear, in certain parts more than others obviated, the
labor of managing greatly diminished, and, at the same time, doing
the work infinitely better ; and well has he done it. And when
his improvement shall be generally adopted by farmers, and its
merits justly appreciated, Mr. Prouty will be ranked among the
greatest benefactors of his age. And although some of his con-
temporaries may injure him by unjustly interfering with his rights,
and appropriating to themselves some of the fruits of his ingenuity —
they can never rob him of his well-earned fame — Posterity will
do justice to his memory. And the approbation and magnificent
testimonial of one of the most powerful and enlightened Monarchs
of Europe, is but a foretaste of what ho may expect from his own
countrymen, when the merits of his invention shall be rightly
appreciated.

I am aware that my strong convictions of the vast utility to farm-
ers of this improvement in the Plough, may lead me — in the minds
of some — to speak in extravagant terms of the merits of the In-
ventor. But you have known Mr. Prouty; you have been familiar
with the operations, and can fully appreciate the benefits of his
invention ; and by you, I presume, I shall not be charged with
bestowing unmerited praise, in saying, that if the farmers of his
own state should appropriate to that object, but a single tithe of
what this improvement in the Plough has saved them, in the cul-
tivation and better condition of their farms, it would raise a monu-
ment to his memory, which would not be transcended in beauty,
in grandeur and durability, by any that have been erected to the
memory of the greatest benefactors of mankind.

With great respect,

I am, my dear sir,

Very truly and sincerly yours,

E. PHINNEY.

Mr. Prouty is remembered, in Hanover, with much respect, by
those best acquainted with him ; and probably few have done
more for the prosperity of the town, and the advancement of its
interest, than did that gentleman, whilst he resided here.

OTHER BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY. 153

OTHER BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY.

Of the other branches of industry in the town, we shall be
obliged to speak briefly.

The carriage manufactory of Mr. Thomas Turner, is on Broad-
way, who conducts this business in all its branches ; the
wood work, iron work, painting, trimming, and even harness-
making, being all done on his premises. His buildings were
erected in 1850, at which date Mr. Turner came to Hanover
from South Boston, where he had been previously engaged in
the same calling. He employs ten hands, and builds about forty
carriages per year.

On Washington street, stands the wheelwright shop of Mr.
Robert Eells, and near it, the blacksmith shop of Mr. Warren
Wright.

On the easterly side of the street, is the shop of Mr, John
P. Eells, who is a painter by trade.

At the corner of Broadway and Washington streets, is the car-
riage trimming shop of Mr. Henry Chandler.

In this vicinity, there were formerly several blacksmiths shops,
when ship building was in it3 prime, conducted by Robert L.,
Robert, and Joseph Eells, and by the Dillinghams, and others.

Mr. Haynes, a few years since, had a harness manufactory, in
Wood & Torrey's store.

In the days when there were no carriages owned here, the
saddle business was a prominent branch of enterprise, and was
conducted by Benjamin Stockbridge, at the Four Corners, and by
the family of Estes, on what is now Plain street, and perhaps by
others.

There have been many blacksmiths shops scattered around in the
town, at different periods, on Washington street, Centre street,
Broadway, Main street, &c. The only ones now in operation,
besidas Mr. Wright's, are Mr. McFarland's, at Snappet, and Mr.
Judson Bates', on Centre street.

We have heard John Jacobs, Walter Rogers, Lemuel Curtis?
Joshua and Elisha Simmons, Benjamin Stetson, Bela Mann, Charles
Mann, Ezekiel Hatch, and Richard Estes, named as black-

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smiths in years past ; and there were probably many others, whose
names we have not learned.

Of traders, we have had many ; and we dare not attempt to
give the names of all who have engaged in trade. The principal
establishments, at present in the town, are the Messrs. Blanchards,
at Snappet ; and John B. Bates, Isaac M. Wilder, and Stephen
Josselynn, at the Four Corners. Messrs. Wood & Torrey, have
just relinquished the business conducted by them for many years.

Mr. Josselynn, and the Messrs. Blanchards, are extensively
engaged in the manufacture of shoes, and this is one of the promi-
nent branches of industry in the town ; a large number of males
being engaged in making boots and shoes.

Mr. Edward Y. Perry recently had a store on Broadway, near
Silvester's Forge, which is now occupied by Mr. Howland.

Formerly, the clock and watch making business was conducted
by John Bailey, and Calvin Bailey, on Curtis, now Main street, and
at the Four Corners ; — also by David Studley, and by Benjamin
D. Torrey. There is now nothing done here at this business.
The Messrs. Bailey, as well as the others, were ingenious work-
men ; and there are still to be found, in several houses, the large,
old-fashioned, eight-clay clocks, with a " full moon " on the face,
made by " John Bailey."

The town has had the usual complement of carpenters, masons,
&c, and there are several yet engaged in these branches.

The tannery of Messrs. Seth and Edwin Rose, is on Hanover
street ; and that of Mr. William Church is on the same street ; — the
former at the westerly, and the latter at the easterly part of the
street. Mr. Simeon Curtis had tan-works some years ago, on
Silver street, the old pits being yet visible.

Messrs. Daly & Co. have a tailor's shop at the Four Corners ;
and there is a stove shop on Broadway, in the old Academy
building.

The only tavern now in operation, is that that of Mr. Joseph
Pocorny, at the Four Corners.

In former years, when spirituous liquors were freely used and
sold, taverns were common ; so much so, that as early as 1747,
the town " voted not to set up any more taverns " ; and also
" voted that there is too many taverns in town already " ; and

OTHER BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY. 155

" voted that one tavern is sufficient for this town." We have
never heard of breweries or distilleries in the town.

Bricks were made sixty years ago, at Walnut Hill. Mr#
Joseph Sylvester is engaged in the manufacture of soap, on
Broadway.

We dare not affirm that the foregoing sketch- is complete. On
the contrary, we doubt not some omissions will be discovered ; but
these, we trust, will be attributed, not to intentional neglect on
the author's part, but to his limited knowledge, and the difficulty
of obtaining information concerning the past.

CHAPTER XI.

SHIP BUILDING.

" To mark the ship in floating balance held,
By earth attracted and by seas repelled ;
Or point her devious track thro' climes unknown,
That leads to every shore and every zone." Falconer.

Former and present state of the art of Ship-building in America — Materials for the
construction of vessels — Massachusetts Enterprise — Ship-building on the North
River — Yards in Pembroke — Yards in Hanover — The Barstows, Sylvesters,
Sampsons, Clarks, Perrys, Eells, Paiges, Baileys, Smiths, Kingmans, Wings,
Stockbridges, &c. — Obstructions in the River — Petitions to Congress for their
removal — Decline of the business — Present condition of the village.

The history of ship-building in New England, could it be faith-
fully written, would present to us memorable instances of the tri-
umphs of genius over contending obstacles, and striking proofs of
the degree of perfection to which this art, wThich, two centuries
ago, was but in its infancy, has been carried by the perseverin
skill, and industrious application, of the Anglo-Saxon race.

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Compare the pictures of the small, ill-shaped, and clumsily-
rigged vessels, which bore the Pilgrim Fathers to this land in
1620,1 with those sumptuously furnished, and palace-like " ocean
monarchs," — faultless models of beauty and elegance, — of from
sixteen hundred to two thousand tons burthen, which may be seen
in all the great harbors of our country, spreading their sails to
every breeze, and conveying our hardy sailors to the Polar Circle,
in pursuit of the whale, or to the East Indies, and the ports of
Europe, swelling our commerce, increasing our comforts, and
augmenting our wealth.

If Old England is " mistress of the seas," in the weight of her
armament, and the amount of her shipping, she must yield the
palm to New England, in excellence of structure, beauty of finish,
exquisiteness of proportion, and those fast sailing properties which
have already borne off the prize for New York on the theatre of
the World's Fair, held in her own metropolis, and on the waters
of the seas washing her own shores !

The facilities for procuring materials for the construction of
vessels of the largest class, from the forests of this State, are not
so great as formerly. The giant oaks, which once spread their
shadows over the land, have almost entirely disappeared. In the
western counties they are most abundant.

Yet, for centuries to come, so extended is our republic, and so
expansive are its resources, American skill will continue to com-
pete with the most enterprising of the Old World, and the superi-
ority of our naval architecture, already acknowledged and felt, will
not soon be cast into the shade, or suffered to diminish.

The oaks and pines in the forests of Michigan, and all over the
Western States, and even upon the Pacific Coast, will furnish
a supply for generations to come ; and when our iron-arms,
Briareus-like, shall be spread out to embrace the whole of those
now distant regions, the rich harvest, which has been accumulating
for ages, will pour in its treasures upon us, to stimulate to higher
attainments and prouder triumphs.

Massachusetts, one of the earliest settled of the New England
States, has ever borne her part in the promotion of our country's
prosperity. Her citizens, some of whom are in the ship yards of

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Maine, and New Hampshire, and others peopling the prairies of
the Mississippi Valley, and the shores of the Pacific, carry with
them those habits of industry and thrift, for which she has ever
been famed, and maintain her ancient power, and present dignity,
unstained, wherever they are found.

Here has been educated an army of shipwrights ; and, when bu-
siness has been wanting at home, they have scattered abroad, and
are the principal mechanics at many of the yards where ship-
building is largelv conducted, alone; the Atlantic sea-board.

The North River, in Plymouth County, which forms the bound-
ary between Hanover and Scituate, on the one side, and Pembroke
and Marshfield, on the other, is a comparatively small stream, not
over twenty miles in length, never with a great depth of water, but
a few rods in breadth, and very tortuous in its course, with shoals at
the bends, and sand bars at its mouth. Standing on the bridge,
beyond the Four Corners, and looking first above, and then below,
as far as the eye can reach, and noting the quietness which seems
usually to reign over the spot ; or walking along the banks of the
stream, across the fairy-like bridge of plank, worn by the tread of
human feet for many years, and spanning the Third Herring
Brook, which, from its shape, is expressively called the Rainbow
Bridge ; — and thence over Fox Hill, and past where Seabury's
point stretches off to the right, until the old Brick-kilns appear in
sight ; one, who did not know what busy scenes had been enacted
here in past times, would hardly imagine that, from 1660 to 1835,
or for more than a century and a half, the business of ship-building
was carried on, probably to a greater extent, than on any other
river, of the same size, anywhere in the State ! Not only on the
Hanover side, were the yards compacted together, in close prox-
imity one to another, but on the Pembroke side, below Rocky
Reach, and at Seabury's point, yards were established by George
and Thomas Turner, and Nathaniel dishing ; and, on the banks of
the stream, near the " reach," by the bridge, the indentation, or
hollow, where the saw pit stood, is distinctly visible, and the old
wharf yet projects its rocky piers into the stream below.

On the Hanover side, before the present bridge was built, ship-
yards existed, above and below the old bridge. The banks of the

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stream here, for some distance, present peculiar facilities for this
business, being sloping, and somewhat abrupt, though not precipi-
tous ; so that, whilst the botes of the vessels were near the water,
the sterns were on the hill sides, and easy of access by the aid of
a few plank, without the necessity for those lofty stagings which
are indispensable in many yards.

From the top of these banks, stretches back a large tract of
rough, rocky, pasture land, also easy of access from the travelled
ways, where timber was landed, brought from the surrounding
country, in such quantity, that the whole surface of the tract was
covered at times.

Above the old bridge, on the Hanover side, is a small ravine,
or gorge, on the land of Seth Barker, Esq., just wide enough to
admit the hulk of one of the small craft built in those days, and
sloping towards the river, at such an angle as to afford a fine op-
portunity for launching, were it not for the bridge. The site is
visible from the present bridge, being but a few rods above ; and
the scenery around has that wildness of aspect, which renders it
quite romantic. Here, James Barstow built one vessel, previous
to the Revolution, which, it is said, was launched directly across
the road. But the existence of the bridge presented too formida-
ble an obstacle, to encourage the building of many vessels at this
spot ; and the yard, accordingly, was soon abandoned.

Just below the old bridge, and in the space intervening between
its piers, and the piers of the present bridge, was another ship
yard, first improved by William Barstow, and his descendants for
two generations. It was, probably, established near the year
1660. The vessels built at this yard, by the Barstows, were
mostly small ones, and their sides rose higher than the piers of the
present bridge, their bows reaching up the bank, into the door
yard of the present residence of Mr. Barker. It is said that the
Barstows abandoned this yard, because of the difficulty experi-
enced in launching their vessels, in consequence of their impinging
frequently against the rocky ledge, on the opposite shore.

After they left the yard, about 1745, it was improved for a
period of from twenty to thirty years, by Nathaniel Silvester, fa-
miliarly known as " builder Silvester," who was born in 1718,

Sampson's and clark's yards. 163

and died in 1781, at the age of sixty-three. He built the houst^
occupied by Rufus Farnum, on Washington street, just above Mr.
Barker's, and nearly opposite Mr. Sylvanus Percival's.

His son, Nathaniel, afterwards occupied the house, and improv-
ed the ship yard, until his removal to Winchendon. The vessels
built, both by father and son, were small, seldom exceeding two
hundred tons burthen, and were mostly schooners.

After the Silvesters, the yard was improved by Jonathan
Sampson, from 1795 to 1820, he residing in Pembroke, just over
the bridge, on the hill, in the house now occupied by Sumner
Stetson, which has been a tavern stand.

Mr. Sampson built many vessels for the Cod Fishery at the
Grand Banks ; and some ships, of from two hundred and fifty
to three hundred tons burthen, for residents of Duxbury and Cape
Cod, for citizens of Boston, and for Nathaniel Cushing, of Hanson.
These ships were for the Southern trade, for the West Indies, and
for different ports in Europe ; and their stern-posts, it is said,
stood quite up to the old road, and some of the staging, for build-
ing the projecting part of the stern, was actually over the road,
which, at this place, was but about two and one-half rods wide.

The yard next below, and close by the present bridge, was im-
proved by the Clarks, — Nathaniel and Belcher, — sons of John
Clark, of Scituate. The former, Nathaniel, lived on Washington
street, in the low and ancient building now occupied by Mr. Henry
Bates, and died in 1814, aged seventy- three. The latter, Belcher,
lived in a house which stood where stands that of Mr. Samuel Sal-
mond, and died in 1826, aged eighty-four. The yard improved
by these brothers, is said to have been occupied by their father
before them. It was probably established as early as 1736, but
no vessels were built there after the year 1800. Zebulon,
the son of Belcher, born in 1780, recollects when his father built,
while he was a lad.

The next yard, a small one, was improved for a time by Dea.
Isaac Perry ; but seems not to have been occupied by him long,
as we subsequently find him building at a yard farther down the
stream.

Mr. Perry is spoken of as a man of unblemished integrity, and of

162 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

^nigh moral excellence. He was born in 1736, and died in 1825,
at the age of eighty-nine. He lived on Washington street, and
his house stood where stands that of Mr. Josiah Winslow, near the
corner of Hanover street.

The next yard was at a little distance farther down, and its site
is marked by a work-house, yet standing, and by two gigantic
oaks, of venerable appearance, at least three centuries old, which
were, of course, of goodly size when the Pilgrims landed ! Against
these trees, still lean the logs, forming the frame work of the old
saw pit, and around the spot is a vast deposite of decaying vege-
table matter, accumulated in the yard, black, spongy, and appa-
rently valuable for the compost-heap, which might be profitably
carried off to add its enriching materials to the stercorary of the
owner of the land.

This yard was improved by Thomas Barstow, the father of Col.
John B. Barstow, of this town ; and by Capt. Robert Lenthal
Eells, who was an extensive landholder ; one of the wealthiest
citizens of his day ; a man whose chief greatness consisted in the
greatness of his soul ; of unbounded hospitality ; charitable ; kind
to the poor and the suffering ; devoted to every thing public spir-
ited ; eminently patriotic ; an able officer in the war of the Revo-
lution ; who opened his doors cheerfully and widely to all who
were engaged in that struggle ; and whose daughters, evinced
their zeal for Liberty, in ministering to the wants of the soldiers,
and in manufacturing cartridges for the use of the companies
enrolled in the town.

This yard, which was established about the year 1755, was im-
proved by Messrs. Barstow and Eells, for about thirty years ; the
former having the superintendence of the wood work, and the
latter furnishing the iron work, — his blacksmith shop standing
near the hay scales, by the Four Corners.

No very large vessels were built by this firm, as previous to the
Revolution, the burthen seldom exceeded two hundred tons ; but
after that period, and especially after the opening of the present
century, by their descendants, and by others, vessels of from three
hundred to four hundred tons burthen were built, from 1810 to
1834.

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Mr. Barstow died in 1797, aged sixty-five ; and Mr. Eells in
1800, aged sixty-eight ; — both being born in the same year, 1732 ;
and in the same month, Februray ; — the former on the 27th, and
the latter the 17th ! Companions in life, and cousins, they dwelt
in harmony, and their business was conducted successfully and
prosperously.

A few years previous to the death of Mr. Barstow, his son,
John B., was concerned in ship-building at this yard, with his
father ; in which business he was afterwards joined by his brother
Elijah, and they, together, improved the yard, until 1817, when
they went to a site still farther below, which presented greater
facilities for launching. This firm built many ships for Nantucket
and New Bedford, for the whaling business, of from 300 to 350
tons burthen ; also many merchant ships, among which were five,
built for the sons of John B. Barstow, who were at that time in
business in the city of New York.

Next to the yard of the Barstow's, was one called Paige's yard,
which was afterwards occupied by Dea. Isaac Perry, and occa-
sionally by Albert and Josiah Smith, when they had a small
vessel to build, and when their other yard was occupied.

Next below, was the yard of Col. John Bailey, whose master
workman was Joseph House. This yard was not long improved
by Mr. B., he being personally engaged in other business ; and it
was afterwards occupied by Albert and Josiah Smith, sons of Jo_
siah Smith, of Pembroke, who married sisters, — daughters of
Capt. Robert L. Eells, himself a blacksmith by trade, but a ship-
builder in connection with Thomas Barstow.

Capt. Albert Smith, in early life, followed the seas, as a ship-
master, being in the Baltimore trade for some time, and making
several voyages to Russia, during the reign of the Emperor Paul.

About the year 1790, he settled in Hanover, residing on Broad-
way, in the house now occupied by Martin Stetson, which he
bought of Joseph Josselynn ; and, forming a partnership with his
brother Josiah, he carried on the business of ship-building for
about ten years, from 1798 to 1808, fitting for sea, on an aver-
age, three vessels a year, of from 300 to 400 tons burthen, for
himself and others, for Liverpool and other European ports. The

164 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

descendants of Capt. Smith are now in the service of the United
States ; his oldest son, Joseph, being a Commodore in the United
States Navy, and Chief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards ; and
Albert, Esq., being an eminent lawyer in Washington city.

After the Smiths, Edward and Samuel Eells built a few vessels
at this yard ; and subsequently, it was improved by John B. and
Elijah Barstow, from 1817 to 1835 ; and then by Elijah Barstow,
Jr. ; the latter of whom, in connection with Capt. Thomas Water-
man, is still engaged in the business, at their yard in Scituate,
below Fox hill.

The last yard, on the Hanover side, was that of David King-
man, who built the tavern stand at the Four Corners, now occu-
pied by Mr. Joseph Pocorny. Isaiah Wing built one vessel, very
near this yard, about the time of the last war ; and also Benjamin
and Martin Stockbridge. Dea. Perry built one vessel at this
yard, about bo years ago; — a ship of some 300 tons burthen.

Nearly all the above yards were on the land of Mr. Benjamin
Stockbridge, and were comprised within the space of one third of
a mile from the bridge ; from which their compactness and juxta-
position, may be easily judged.

Previous to the year 1795, the business demand was principally
for vessels of a small size, such as could be easily launched on the
river, and taken down the stream without much difficulty, from
the bars. During the Revolution, Mr. Thomas Barstow built
several small privateers, — some for Mr. Derby, of Salem. Towards
the close of the last century, vessels of a larger size were in de-
mand, besides the small fishing and coasting vessels; and this call
continued, until business was suspended by the war with Great
Britain, in 1812.

The occurrence of that war, just as the business was in its most
prosperous state, was a serious shock to those who were engaged
in it ; but they re-commenced in 1815, after peace was declared ;
though the growing scarcity of timber, and the obstruction of the
channel of the river with rocks and sand bars, which rendered it
tedious and expensive to get large ships down]the stream, and over
the bar at the mouth, caused the business to decline, until now,
in Hanover, it has entirely ceased. The process of moving large

PALMY DAYS OF SHIP-BUILDING. 165

ships, was by attaching the scows called gundaloes, (a corruption
of gondolas ?) two to the stern, and two to the stem ; which were
lashed down at low water, so as to lift the ship as the tide flowed.

Several attempts have been made to obtain aid from the Na-
tional Government, for the improvement of the navigation of the
North River ; but hitherto, with but little success. In 1839,
Col. J. B. Barstow, Joseph S. Bates, and Elijah Barstow, jr.,
were chosen a committee to petition for the appropriation of a
small sum " for the purpose of removing sand-bars, and cutting a
channel for the North River into Massachusetts Bay ; " but their
prayer was not favorably answered.

During the great storm of April 16th and 17th, 1851, the sea
broke completely over the narrow strip of beach between the third
and fourth cliffs, near Scituate harbor, at the very point where
the cutting of a canal has been thought feasible.

A new petition for aid has been circulated within the past year ;
but we fear its fate will be like that of its predecessors.

The palmy days of ship-building, in Hanover, were from 1800,
to 1808. Then, five or six yards were in active operation, and
at least ten vessels were annually fitted for sea. The scene on
the North River, was one of animation and industry. Every morn-
ing, the carpenters might be seen, crossing the pastures, or walk-
ing along the river bank, or over the tiny " Rainbow Bridge,"
to the place of their daily toil ; and the stroke of the axe, the
thump of the maul, the cheerful calls, and the various other sounds
always heard in the ship-yard, constantly saluted the ears of the
passers by.

The pasture, too, was strewed with timber ; and teams of " fat
oxen," daily brought in, from the forests around, their loads of
round, or rough-hewn, white oak, beech, maple, and other timber;
and oak and pine plank, for sheathing, and for the decks, &c.
Then, business was stirring, AH were active. And never since y
has the village, at the corners, presented so cheering a spectacle
of thrift and prosperity. That village is beginning to rise again :.
and though the character of its business has changed, yet the pro-
mise is fair, that ere long, if a liberal policy prevails, it will be-,
come, once more, a place of activity, and the number of its.,
buildings, and the advantanges of its citizens, be greatly increased:

CHAPTER XII.

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PROVISION'S FOR THE TOOK — TEMPERANCE CAUSE — SLAVERY
RESTING PLACES FOR THE DEAD — LONGEVITY.

" Epitomise the life ; pronounce, you can,
Authentic epitaphs on some of these,
Who, from their lowly mansions hither brought,
Beneath this turf lie mouldering at our feet.
So bv your records, mar our doubts be solved :
And so, not searching higher, we may learn
To prize the breath ice share with human lind.
And look upon the dust of man with awe."

Wordsworth.

Provisions for the PCor — Poor kept by Friends — Selectmen to provide for
them — Put out at Auction — Establishment of an Aims-House — Temperance
Cause — Excise Bill of 1754 — Rum Trade at that Date — Extracts from the
Church Records Relative to the Excise Dill — Temperance Society formed in
181(5 — Later History of the Cause — Slavery in New England — Owners of
Slaves, from the Church and Town Records — Touching Incident — Burial
Ground near the Centre of the Town — Gifts of Land by David Stockbridge,
Esq., and by John Barstow, Esq. — Burial Ground at Snappet — Table of Lon-

gevity.

We group together, in this chapter, a few subjects, each of
which marits some notice in a work like the present,

PROVISIONS FOR THE POOR.

For many years after the incorporation of the town, the poor
were kept in the families of their friends, an annual appropriation
being made for their maintenance. The number thus aided was
small, so that no further provisions in their behalf were necessary,
and no other arrangement could have been more generally accept-
able to those whom misfortune had reduced to a state of depend-
ence.

SELECTMEN TO PROVIDE FOR THE POOR. 167

Oct. 29, 1736, " Voted to the widow Frances Josselynn <£5
old tenor, to keep Jean Barron from Nov. 18, 1746, to Nov. 18,
1747, but if she should have any extraordinary sickness in that
time, to be further allowed what is reasonable."

Mar. 5, 1750, " Voted to give Thomas Curtis 81s., old tenor,
per week, for boarding Margaret Young one year in sickness and
health, the town finding clothes, and paying Doctor's bills, if any
there be; and he agreed to keep her at that price. "

At the same date, " Voted <£15 to Benjamin Wood worth, for
bringing up John Loud's (or Ladd's) daughter to the age of 18
years ; and X24 for bringing up the said Loud's youngest son to
the age of 21 years."

This course continued to be followed even after the Revolution,
and so late as the beginning of the present century ; and to the
selectmen was entrusted the general oversight of those thus aided,
to see that they were properly cared for.

Thus, in 1782, the selectmen were instructed to provide for the
poor, and to supply Job Long's family with the necessaries of
life. March 13, 1786 : — The selectmen and Dea. Timothy Rob-
bins were chosen a committee " to agree with Mr. Samuel
Witherell, to maintain his father during his natural life, by the
lump or by the week, as they shall agree, and pay him out of the

town's money."

Oct. 17, 1796. The selectmen were instructed " to provide
for the poor under their care, and call on the Treasurer for
money as they shall want it."

About the year 1803, we find the first notice of a change in
this mode of proceedure. The selectmen were then chosen a
committee, to meet a committee of the town of Pembroke, " to
consult on the expediency of building a work-house."

In 1809, a donation of $278, having been made to the town
by Maj. John B. Barstow for the poor, he, with the selectmen,
were chosen to distribute the same.

In 1814, it was "voted to raise $110, to purchase Mary
Peterson's house and land for a poor house ;" and the purchase
was made, — but the town being dissatisfied, in 1816 the building
was sold, and for the first time on the records, it was voted t) put

168 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

out the poor at auction to the lowest bidder ; the auction to be at
the Central Meeting House, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 4 P. M.;
and the person bidding off the same was " to give good and suffi-
cient security to the overseers of the poor that he will support
them well, in sickness and in health, and furnish them with good
and comfortable clothing, and pay all expenses for physicians, and
to receive pay for the same at the end of the year."

But this policy, though adopted by many towns in Massachu-
setts, and quite common twenty-five years ago, was soon found to
be exceedingly defective, and liable to serious evils. Enough
allowance was not made for that principle or maxim, which prompts
men, in business affairs, to trade sharply, and to make the most
of their bargains, of whatever character they may be. We do
not deem it necessary to revive the controversies which grew out
of this system, which, notwithstanding its exceptionable features,
continued to be followed for twenty years. We need only say that
in 1836, it was voted to establish a Poor House, and a Committee
of five, consisting of Ebenezer Simmons, Turner Stetson, Benja-
min Mann, Levi Curtis, and William Morse, were chosen to look
up a suitable farm ; and in a very short time, the present estab-
lishment, located on Washington street, in the North-easterly
part of the town, was purchased, which was formerly Nathaniel
Jacobs' place, — and here the poor have since been kept in a
manner creditable to the liberality and humanity of the Town.
The expense of maintaining the poor is about $600 per annum,
and the number supported for some years past, has been from
eight to ten.

TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

It is well known to all conversant with the history of our country,
that, until within a comparatively recent period, spirituous liquors
were a common beverage of all classes in the community, and were
freely sold and freely used in every town in this State. True,
the evils attendant upon intemperance have been always felt, and
always acknowledged ; and efforts have been made, from time to
time, to check the tide which threatened to overwhelm. But it
is only within the past twenty or thirty years, that these efforts

TEMPERANCE CAUSE. 169

have been attended with any signal success. And even now,
such is the selfishness of avarice on the one hand, and such are the
cravings of appetite, on the other, that the temperance cause
has attained but a measurable triumph, and much remains to be
done, before every mind will be actuated by right motives, and
brought under the influence of the laws of moral rectitude.

That great good has been accomplished, however, only those
interested to perpetuate evil can deny. The evidences of im-
provement are too palpable to be mistaken. The thriftiness of
our villages ; the decrease of native pauperism ; the general
sobriety of the people ; the absence of loungers at the bar-room
of the tavern, or at the grocery on rainy days ; and the rareness
of the sight, especially in the country, and in the open highway,
of men lying under the walls, sleeping away the effects of their
deep potations ; — all these are tangible proofs that something has
been done ; — proofs which none can gainsay ; — and we trust the
time is not far distant, when it will be deemed, throughout our
land, beneath the dignity of any one claiming the attributes of
humanity, to taste of the intoxicating cup ; and when reason shall
sit firmly on its throne, and all who are made in the image of God,
shall stand erect in their manhood, not victims of passion, or slaves
of appetite ; but walking the earth in the exercise of those nobler
qualities, which distinguish us from the brutes, and which ally us
to angels.

Were we writing a treatise on temperance, much that is valua-
ble in the history of the cause might be gathered from the Laws of
Plymouth Colony, and from those of the Massachusetts Colony.
But however interesting these extracts might be, we shall be
obliged to omit them, inasmuch as we have enough from the re-
cords of our own town, and contemporary annals, to fill the space
we propose to devote to this subject.

Although the law passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts,
and called " the Maine Law," is regarded by some as a novel
eature in human legislation, and an encroachment upon the rigid*
and liberties of the people, yet laws embodying similar principles,
or partaking of a similar character, were passed long ago, in this
country.

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170 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

In 1754, a bill called the " Excise bill," for "granting to his
Majesty an excise upon wines and spirits distilled, &c," was intro-
duced, and taken into consideration by the people ; and the town
of Hanover, after debating it for some time, " Voted, that the said
bill is disagreeable to the minds of the town, and Voted, that Da-
vid Stockbridge, Esq., representative of said town, be desired to
use his endeavors to prevent the said Bills passing into an Act."

The extent and character of the traffic in spirits at this time,
and the course of argument by which the business was sustained,
may be gathered from the following luminous and curious state-
ment from Minot's History of Massachusetts, vol. 1, pp. 155-161.

" A great part of the inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay live
chiefly by the sea, and are employed in

1. Fisheries. 2. Navigation. 3. Building and providing
materials for ships.

By these employments, they depend upon Great Britain for

1. Clothes. 2. Materials for furnishing their houses of many
kinds. 3. Cordage and sail cloth for equipment of their vessels.

4. Lines, hooks and cables, &c, for the fishery.

They are dependent on the northern Colonies for bread corn.

HUM is their chief manufacture ; there being upwards of
15,000 hogsheads of rum manufactured in the Province annually.

This, with what they get from the English islands, is the grand
support of all their trades and fishery ; and without which they
can no longer subsist.

Bum is a standing article in the Indian trade, and the common
drink of all the

1. Laborers. 2. Timber-men. 3. Mast-men. 4. Loggers.

5. Fishermen in the Province.

These men could not endure the hardships of their employments
nor the rigor of the seasons without it.

Rum is the merchandize principally made use of to procure

1. Corn. 2. Pork for, L Their fishermen, and 2. Other
navigation.

The best and cheapest provision in this way of life !

This is done in winter, when there is no catching fish, nor any
other employment for the fishermen.

RUM TRADE, 1754-5. 171

Then, a great number of fishing vessels with their men, go to
North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, &c. These trade with rum
and molasses for corn and pork, which serves for a supply for the
next season.

Newfoundland has large annual supplies from Massachusetts
Bay of rum, molasses, pork, &c, without which they could not
carry on the fishery to so much advantage.

Halifax at present, and for some years at least, must depend on
New England for a supply of those articles in order to carry on
the fishery ; which can only be done by coming at those com-
modities at a moderate price.

The rum carried from Massachusetts Bay, and the other north-
ern Colonies to the coast of Guinea, is exchanged for gold and
slaves. The gold is sent to London, to help pay for their an-
nual supplies ; and the slaves are carried to the English Sugar
Colonies, and exchanged for their commodities, or sold for bills of
exchange on Great Britain.

So that rum is useful in all their traffic, especially in support-
ing the fishery ; not only as it is the common drink of persons in
that business, but in being a means of employing the vessels and
men at a season, when no other business can be carried on by
them ; and procuring provisions for their supplies, which otherwise
they could not have but by their labor at the season proper for
fishing.

From evidence in the cause, when before the lords of trade, it
appeared that Jamaica at this time produced about 12,000 pun-
cheons of rum, of 110 gallons each, per annum; Barbadoes
12,000; Antigua from 10,000 to 12,000; St. Christophers
6,000 ; Monsterrat 1,500 ; amounting in the whole to at least
41,500 puncheons, or 4,565,000 gallons ! ! !

But the excise bill was passed > and on the Church Records of
Hanover for 1755, we find the following curious documents rela-
ting to the Act : —

" Hanover, Dec. 26, 1755. Tho following persons gave in their
accounts, as follows, viz. : —

These may certify that we the subscribers have not expended in
our families or business, any spirituous liquors but only what we

172

HISTORY OF HANOVER.

bought of Innholders or Retailers in this Province, in less quan-
tities than 30 gallons, since December 26, 1754, as witness our
hands : —

Joshua Barstow,
Benj. Mann, jr.,
Ebenezer Wing,
Nathaniel Josselynn,
Wm. Whiting,
Uriah Lambert,
Thomas Palmer,
Samuel House,
Benjamin Curtis,
John Torrey,
Joshua Staples,
Isaac Lambert,
Edmund Silvester,
Ralph Chapman,
John Barker,
Othniel Pratt,
Marlboro' Turner,
Thomas Bardin,
Ezekiel Palmer,
Jeremiah Rogers,

Isaac Gross,
Thos. Barstow,
Joseph House, jr.,
Thos. Silvester,
Job Tilden,
Lemuel Curtis,
4 Samuel Harlow,
Ebenezer Right,
Jesse Torrey,
Joseph Soper,
Melatiah Dillingham,
Edward Dillingham,
Benjamin Mann,
Seth Stetson,
Seth Woodworth,
Benj. Stetson,
Joseph House,
Thos. Whiting,
Caleb Church,

Nathaniel Bobbins,
Joseph Cornish,
Benj. White,
Josiah Curtis,
Thos. Rose,
Amos Silvester,
Ezekiel Turner,
Benj. Studley,
Tavlor Brooks,
Elisha Palmer,
Joseph Curtis,
Jere. Stetson,
John House,
Mordecai Ellis,
Isaac Hatch,
Thos. Wilkes,
Jacob Silvester,
Sam. Barstow,

Sam. Curtis,

Hanover, Dec. 26, 1755. The following persons gave in as
follows : To David Stockbridge, Town Clerk. These may certify-
that I have not expended any spirituous liquors in my family for

this year past, but I have had of the retailers, as witness my hand.
Adam Prouty, Silvanus Wing, Caleb Barker,

John Bray, Robt. Barker, Matt. Estes,

Dec. 26, 1755. I have had no rum, wine, or other spirits, in

Abner Curtis.
All the rum I have had, I have it of a re-

Jeremiah Hatch.
Inform the Farmer of Excise that I have
not expended any spirituous liquors in my family or business,
from the 4th Dec. 1754, to the 26 Dec. 1755.

Elihab Studley.
These lines are to inform you that I have not bought nor sold
no strong drink since this famous act hath been made, nor con-
sumed any in my house contrary to said act.

Caleb Rogers.

the year past.

Dec. 26, 1755.
tailer this year.

Dec. 26, 1755.

EXCISE LAW OF 1754-5. 173

Dec. 27, 1755. Esq. Stockbridge, These may certify you
that I have bought no rum these two years only of retailers and
inn holders. Recompence Tiffany.

Hanover, Dec. 26, 1755. These may certify that I, the sub-
scriber, have consumed, in my private capacity, trade and busi-
ness, from the 26 Dec. 1754:, forty-two gallons and three pints of
rum, &c, except what I have purchased of taverners and retail-
ers. Thos. Josselynn.

Hanover, Dec. 26, 1755. These may certify that I, the sub-
scriber, have expended only thirty gallons and one quarter of
spirituous liquors, taken in the middle of Oct. last past, the rest I
expended in my family, business, &c, I bought of tavern-keepers
and retailers in this province in less quantities than thirty gallons,
within one year past. As witness my hand.

Jacob Bailey.

Hanover, Dec. 26, 1755. These may certify that I, the sub-
scriber, have expended in my family, business, &c, in one year
past, one gallon and three quarts of rum only, except what I
bought of a retailer or innholder in this province, in less quantities
than thirty gallons. As witness my hand.

Joseph Ramsdell.

Jan. 6, 1756. Clement Bates gave in his account, that he had
expended two gallons of rum only, except what he bought of tav-
ern-keepers and retailers in this province, since Dec. 26, 1754,
to Dec. 26, 1755.

And at the same time, Shuble Munroe gave in his account of
two gallons, as said Bates did."

We presume the foregoing extracts give us the names of nearly,
if not quite all, the legal voters, or heads of families in the town.

From another source, — the old Justice Records of David Stock-
bridge, Esq., we learn that all who violated the law, were prose-
cuted and fined for the same ; and actions against Adam Rogers
ofMarshfield,Bezaleel Palmer, Stephen Otis, Jr. of Scituate, David
Allen, of Middleboro', Jesse Thomas, of Pembroke, Ebenezer
Mann, of Pembroke, are recorded, the fines being generally 40s.
for eacho ffence.

About the year 1816. a society for the suppression of intemper-

174 HISTOEY OF HANOVER.

ance was formed in Hanover, and at a meeting of the Association,
held April 28, 1817, an address was delivered by the Rev. John
Butler, pastor of the Baptist Society, which was printed, — a copy
of which is in our possession. It is a plain and sensible document,
its reasoning being straight-forward and cogent, and its array of
arguments clear and convincing.

We take from it the following extract : — «

" By the exertions of this Association, the prevailing practice
of intemperance has been brought into public view. It has been
taken under serious consideration by many, and made a subject of
conversation by all classes of people among us. The object of
this society has been proposed for consideration to the selectmen
of the adjacent towns, with whom it has been favorably received.
The respectable inhabitants of the town of Scituate have felt the
importance of the subject, and united in an association for the sup-
pression of this public vice. The several retailers in the town of
Hanover have been respectfully addressed upon the importance of
observing the wise and good laws of this Commonwealth, made
expressly for the regulation of their conduct ; and measures have
recently been taken, which we have good reason to hope, will
secure obedience to these laws."

In 1830, May 3, the town voted, " that the selectmen be re-
quested not to license any retailer or innholder, who shall, between
this and August, permit spirituous liquors to be sold and drank
in and about their premises, and engage not to sell after that time
to be drank in like manner."

For several years past, a temperance committee has been an-
nually appointed by the town, to take cognizance of all violations
of the laws ; and though we do not affirm that no ardent spirits
have been brought into the place, or sold, or used by the people,
yet no one can doubt, that there is more sobriety, more order, and
a better state of moral feeling in the community, than existed
twenty-five or thirty years since.

May the blessing of God continue to rest upon this, and every
other cause which has for its object the moral elevation of our
race, and the deliverance of the soul from the dominion of lust and
destructive appetites.

SLAVERY. 175

SLAVERY.

It may seem to some singular to find anything in a town history
in Massachusetts, relative to the subject of human slavery. And
yet, it is a well known and undeniable fact, that, previous to the
Revolution, slavery existed in all the colonies, not even excepting
our own ; and slaves were held in almost every family wealthy
enough to own them. The minister, the deacon, and even quiet
members of the Society of Friends, if we mistake not, held slaves ;
and justices of the peace, innholders, proprietors of forges, &c,
all sinned after the similitude of the same transgression !

The following items, which we have gleaned from various
sources, may be interesting in this connection, and present as full
a sketch of the history of slavery in this town, as we are able to
furnish.

In 1751: there were eight male and nine female slaves held in
Hanover.1

In 1764-5, the number of slaves held in Scituate was 107 !2
The number in Hanover is not given. At the same date there
were thirteen Indians in Scituate f but the number in Hanover
is not given.

Not only were blacks, but Indians, were held as slaves ; and in-
termarriages between the black and red race were not infrequent.
We do not know that we can give the names of all who held
slaves in Hanover ; we are only able to present the scattered
notices of marriages, births and deaths, which occur on the records
of the town and church.
These are as follows :

Dick, James Bailey's negro, and Daphne, Col. Barker's negro,
were married Dec. 25, 1741, and Boston and Margaret, slaves of
Elijah Cushing, were married in the same year. Windsor Jonas,
and Mercy Red, an Indian, were married March 9, 1749.
Jack and Bilhah, Job Tilden's servants, were married Feb. 8,
1751. Tradition says, that Mr. T. raised slaves for the market !
Newport and Kate, slaves of Nathaniel Silvester, were married

1 Annals of the Am. Stat. Ass. Vol. 1.

2 Ibid. Vol. 1.

3 Ibid. Vol. 1.

176 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

May 25, 1760. Caesar, child of Deacon Stockbridge's slave, died
June 14, 1728. Joseph Ramsdell's negro child died April 25,
1733. Deacon Stockbridge's negro, Cuffy, died Jan. 18, 1736.
Elijah Gushing, Esq.'s negro child died March 5, 1736. A negro
of Mr. Dillingham, died Feb., 1738. Fred, a negro of Matthew
Estes, died Feb. 13, 1739. Phillis, Captain Josselynn's negro,
died Feb. 9, 1742. Captain Cushing's negro child died July 30,
1744. A negro child of Uriah Lambert's, died Sept., 1746. A
negro child of Elijah Cushing, Esq., died Feb., 1747. Jupiter,
Mr. John Curtis's negro, died Dec. 1747. Briton, negro child of
John Studley, died January 23, 1749. This child belonged to
Edward Jenkins, of Scituate, and was given by him to Mr. S.
soon after its birth. A negro child of Ensign John Bailey, died
August 7, 1751. A negro child of Lieutenant Job Tilden, died
Dec. 25, 1754, and another February 12, 1760. Dinah, negro
servant to Mr. Amos Sylvester, died Feb. 1756. Ben, an Indian
slave of John Bailey, died May, 1756. Bilhah, Joshua Barstow's
negro woman, died May 21, 1757. Jeffrey, negro of Colonel
Turner, -tfas drowned in the furnace pond, Aug. 29, 1765. Dick,
slave of Rev. Samuel Baldwin, died Feb. 3, 1762. Phebe, negro
slave to David Jacobs, died Jan. 8, 1769, — also Jane, a negro ser-
vant of David Jacobs, died Feb. 28,1775. Jesse Boos, negro slave
of Rev. Samuel Baldwin, died Oct. 5,^1775. Daphne, an old ne-
gro, probably Col. Barker's slave, died March 10, 1779. Lon-
don, negro of the widow Turner, died Jan. 15, 1786. Dick,
negro of Col. Bailey, and husband of Daphne, died Jan. 20, 1786,
aged 90. Mingo, negro of Capt. Simeon Curtis, died April 7,
1791, aged 70. He lived on Silver street, with his wife and
child, and gave the name to Mingo's field. Susannah, negro of
Deacon Bass, died May 2, 1791, aged 73. Bess, negro of Rev.
John Mellen, died Sept. 20, 1793, aged 36. Mary, negro of
Robert Estes, died March 20, 1794, aged 76. Cuba, a negro
woman of Deacon Brooks, died March 25, 1795, aged 84. Cuffee
Josselynn,a slave of Col. Joseph Josselynn, died in the almshouse,
at the advanced age of 103, in 1831. He was out in the Revolu-
tion as a soldier, as the rolls show.

It is related of one slave, held at the Four Corners, that ho

BURIAL GROUNDS. 177

earnestly desired to be free, and often asked his master to give
him his liberty, who put him off with the promise that he should
be made free, as soon as all the water in the North river had run
by ; and the simple-hearted creature was frequently seen looking
wistfully at the stream, doubtless hoping daily that it would be-
come dry ! — but alas ! for him, slavery knew no end but death.
Heartily do we rejoice that our State no longer labors under this
terrible curse ! — and would to God it were abolished in all our
land, that in truth, as well as on 'parchment, all were free and
equal, — possessing and enjoying their inalienable rights, — and that
the banner of freedom might wave triumphantly over every mile
of our territory. /T^f^

BURIAL GROUNDS.

■R**?

Of our burial grounds, the oldest in the town is that near the
centre meeting house. In 1727, the town of Scituate made a
grant of ten acres of land to Hanover, for a " training field and
burial ground ;" and on the records of Hanover, under date of
June 17, 1727, Benjamin Curtis and Samuel Barstow were chosen
agents to attend the Surveyors in laying out the same, and in case
they could not agree where it should be laid out, it was voted that
the two surveyors should lay it out at their discretion.

This land was divided into two lots, one of seven and a half
acres, for the training field, and the other of two and a half acres,
for the burial ground ; but we find no record which fixes the
original bounds of either lot. The former, the training field,
seems to have been exchanged with John Rogers, in 1780, as
June 15th of that year, Isaac Buck was chosen agent to give
John Rogers a deed of seven and a half acres of land in the
town's behalf, and to take in return, a deed for three acres ; and
at the same time it was voted to pay Isaac Buck £ 3 for one acre
of land. We incline to the opinion that Buck's acre was that
on which the meeting-house was built, and that the three acre lot
of Rogers constituted the burial ground. In 1769, we find on
the Scituate records, the minutes of the laying out of the ten acres
granted in 1727; — one of the pieces, containing nearly eight
acres, being near the residence of Mr. Baldwin ; and the other, of

178 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

two acres and a little over, is described as " lying near Captain
John Bailey's new house, in the East of the wa}^ that leads to
Deacon Thomas Roses's, &c."

In 1788, David Stockbridge, Esq., " for and in consideration
of his good will and affection to the town, presented a piece of
land containing one acre, one quarter and twenty-five rods, to en-
lage the present burial ground ; said lot lying westerly of the
former lot."

In 1792, £6 were voted for the purchase of a Pall, and in
1804, $103,55, for fencing the ground. In 1808, it was voted
" to purchase a hearse., and build a house for the same on the
burying ground," where it still stands.

A gift of land for the enlargement of the burial ground, has just
been received from John Barstow, Esq., of Providence, son of Col.
J. B. Barstow, of Hanover, on which occasion the following votes
were passed :

" Whereas John Barstow, Esq., of Providence, Rhode Island,'a
native of Hanover, in consideration of his " respect to the birth-
place of his ancestors for six successive generations," has been
pleased to present to the Town, as a token of his good- will and
regard, a Deed of Two Lots of Land in Hanover, adjoining the
present burial-place, near the centre meeting house, for the en-
largement of said burial ground, which lots are fully described in
the Deed and Plan forwarded by him ; therefore Voted, that the
Town accept said lots, with the Proviso attached, in reference to
driftways, and agree to improve the same according to the intents
of the Donor.

" Voted, that the Deed of said lots be entered at large upon
the records of the Town, in token of our acceptance of the same,
and to perpetuate the remembrance of the liberality of the Grantor.

" Voted, that the Town duly appreciate the generous motives
which have prompted this gift ; and that the filial reverence
therein displa#yed for the resting place of the Dead, meets our cor-
dial approbation, and our hearty sympathy.

" Voted, as a token of our respect for the men ory of the departed,
and of our desire to co-operate with the generous Grantor, in the
laudable object which he had in view in said gift, that the Town

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will, at their earliest opportunity, take such measures to cause
said burial-ground to be suitably fenced, and otherwise improved,
as may render the spot more attractive in its appearance, and
more in accordance with the genial spirit of our holy religion.

Voted, that the Town Clerk be requested to forward a copy of
these proceedings to Mr. Barstow, at his earliest convenience ; and
that the minutes of this meeting be entered on the records of the
Town."

We trust these votes will soon be carried into effect ; that our
ancient burial ground, will be cleared of stones and bushes ; that
trees and shrubbery will be set out to adorn it ; and that the whole
will be enclosed with a good and substantial fence.

To beautify and adorn the " place of the dead," is one step
towards embalming their memories more effectually in the hearts
of the living, and tends to cherish a purer regard for the spot
where our fathers sleep in peace.

In the extreme North-easterly part of the town, or in the
Snappet neighborhood, is another burial ground, owned by pro-
prietors, who reside in Hanover and South Scituate. This was
established about the year 1789 ; but, like the lot in the centre of
the town, it needs attention, as the fences are fallen, and the
ground is bare, and destitute of shubbery.

We present the following table of longevity, to show that a fair
share of the citizens of Hanover have lived to a " good old age,"
and passed the bounds of three score years and ten, and even
four score years, allotted to man as the term of his earthly pil-
grimage. We give the date of death, and the age, so far as they
can be learned : —

1730. Henry Josselynn. 90. 1788. Joseph Ramsdell, 86.

1743. Robert Stetson, 90. 1788. Wid. Hannah Stoekbridge, 95.

1744. Widow Turner, 86. 1789. Wid. Abigail Clark, 85.
1748. Elnathan Palmer, 86. 1790. Capt. Joseph Soper, 87.
1761. Widow Joanna Wing, 100. 1794. Samuel Curtis, 86.
1773. Widow Sarah Ramsdell, 91. 1794. Wid. Sarah Church, 91.
1773. Dea. Joseph Stoekbridge, 100. 1795. Wid. Mary Stetson, 90.
1775. Elijah Stetson, 89. 1796. Benjamin Svlvester, 87.

1786. Dick, a negro, 90. 1796. David House, 87.

1787. Joseph Josselynn, 88. 1797. Mrs. John Curtis, 86.

1787. Sarah Hatch, 86. 1797. Widow Macoun, 90.

1788. Ezekiel Palmer, 87. 1797. Wid. Eliab^Studley, 90.

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HISTORY OF HANOVER.

'^...

1798. Wid. Hannah Ford, 88.

1798. Michael Silvester, 85.

1799. John Curtis, 90.

1801. Deacon Samuel Barstow, 94
1801, Wid. Alice Mann, 88.
1803. John Torrey, 88.
1805. Caleb Rogers, 88.
1805. Wid. Ruth Turner, 86.
1807. Wid. Hannah Robbins, 86.
1807. Wid. Lucy Ramsdell, 89.

1807. Joshua Simmons, 88

1808. Rhoda Rose, 90.

1809. Miry Heyford, 92.

1810. Mordecai Ellis, 93.

1811. John Chapman, 105.
1811. Abigail llanmer, 93.

1811. Wid. Molly Silvester, 86.

1812. Wid. Mary Rogers, 89.

1812. Capt. Joseph Chaddock, 88

1813. Lydia Wright, 94.

1814. Peg Peters, 87.
1814. Waitstill Turner, 92.
1814. Wid. Hannah White, 94.
1814. Wid. Mary Munroe, 91.
1816. Joseph, Bates, 88.
1816. Benjamin Mann, 89.

1820. Isaiah Wing, 89.

1821. Wid. John Bailey, 91.
1823. Mary Wing, 86.

1823.
1825.
1826.
1826.
1828.
1829.
1829.
1829.
1830.
1830.
1.

1821.
831.
31.
1831.
1832.
1834.
1839.
1842.
1842.
1842.
1843.
1848.
1848.
1849.
1851.
1851.
1852.

Wid. Beulah Estes, 88.
Jabez Studley, 86.
Samuel Barstow, 92.
Wid. Mary Whiting, 95.
Orpha Hatch, 85.
Samuel Brooks, 87.
Elisha Barrell, 94.
Capt. Timothy Rose, 86.
Wid. Samuel Brooks, 89.
Ruth Bates, 92.
Wid. Elisha Barrell, 95.
George Bailey, 90.
Wid. Joshua Dwelley, 90.
Wid. Ruth Eells, 94.
Cuffee Josselynn, 103.
Ruth Wing. 86.
Wid. Rosamond Studley, 92.
Hannah Wing, 95.
Clement Bates, 88.
Japhet Studley. 85.
Daniel Barstow, 97.
Experience Curtis, 87.
David Stock bridge, 88.
Mrs. Benjamin Bates, 87.
Caleb Whiting, 87.
Molly Whiting, 94.
Mrs. Sarah E. Barstow, 92.
Shuble Munroe, 90.
John Curtis, 90.

olfi*

CHAPTER XIII.

HIGHWAYS — STREETS — BRIDGES — PONDS — STREAMS — AND

LANDMARKS.

The details of the laying out of highways are usually of but little
interest to readers in general. They have, however, a local value,
and are often of great assistance, in fixing the residence of some,
of whom we could otherwise obtain but little information. We
shall make our sketch as brief as possible, consistent with the
omission of nothing of importance. There were some roads laid
out before the incorporation of the town, and whilst it formed a
part of Scituate. The " Drinkwater road," so called, was one of
these, also the " country road," from Boston to Plymouth, that
from the Four Corners towards Scituate harbor, and others. The
following are from the town records : —

Mar. 29, 1729. A highway laid out near the road from James
Hatch's to the saw-mill, thence to the S. E. corner of Amasa
Turner's ten acre lot ; thence to a marked tree in James Hatch's
range ; thence to John Cobb's corner ; thence to the corner be-
tween John Cobb and Bachelor Wing ; and thence to Drinkwater
road, near where the old gate stood by the widow Deborah
Hatch's. Vol. 1, p. 375.

Mar. 29, 1729. A private way laid out, from Ebenezer Cur-
tis's barn, to the W. end of Joseph House's house ; thence to Jo-
seph Curtis's lot; thence to Benj. Curtis's lot; thence to Timothy
White's great lot ; thence to Josiah Curtis's ten acre lot ; thence
to the N. W. corner of Joseph Randall's 10 acre lot ; thence
to a tree at the corner of John Rogers's land, which the town
bought of the said Rogers ; and thence to the road near the new
meeting house. Vol. 1, p. 375. This was part of Curtis street.

182 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Mar. 29, 1729. A private way laid out, from Abington line?
near Michael Wanton's house, where Samuel Staples lives, thence
to the top of a dug hill ; and thence to the county road beyond
Elijah Cushing's. Vol. 1, p. 375.

Mar. 16, 1730. A driftway laid out, beginning at the gate
near the widow Deborah Hatch's, as the way goes down the dug
hill ; thence to Caleb Barker's line, between his land and that of
Isaac Hatch ; and so on to the way to the furnace, and thence to
the furnace mill dam. Vol. 1, p. 374.

Mar. 16, 1730. A driftway laid out, beginning at the N. side
of the road leading to the furnace, on the W. division of widow
Deborah Hatch's garden to her son ; thence to Caleb Barker's
corner ; thence to Drinkwater dam ; and thence, being a private
way, running to the line of the 8th Pond Lot ; thence to Otis's
corner ; thence to House's corner ; thence to the corner of Otis's
pond lots ; thence to the W. end of Edward Estes's dam ; thence
to the corner of Thomas Rogers's and Charles William's lot ; and
thence to a stake in the line between Joseph Ramsdell and Thomas
Wilkes. Vol. 1, p. 374.

Feb. 25, 1730. A private way laid out, from the way from
Barstow's to the New Forge, in the range between James and
Nathaniel Torrey's ; thence to the N. E. corner of Benjamin
Hanmer's field ; thence to the upper end of Nathaniel Torrey's
lot ; thence to the corner of Benjamin Stetson's lot ; and thence
in his range and Matthew Stetson's range, to Drinkwater road.
Vol. 1, p. 272.

Feb. 27, 1737. A private way laid out, from a corner of the
lands belonging to the heirs of Capt. Joseph Barstow, deceased,
near Matthew Stetson's shop, to the highway, from Samuel Eell's
shop to Capt. Joseph Josselynn's house. Vol. 1, p. 27.

Oct. 24 1774. A highway laid out, at the request of Matthew
and William Estes, beginning at the top of the hill above William
Estes's shop, and turning N. to the E. side of said Estes's fence,
to Matt. Estes's line, and thence to Caleb Barker's fence on said
Estes's land, till it comes to Matt. Estes's orchard fence. Vol.
1, p. 370. Now Plain street.

Mar. 21, 1749. A way laid out, from the end of the lane

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leading by Capt. Ezekiel Turner's house ; thence to the W. side
of a brook in Dea. George King's land ; thence to Ridge hill ;
thence as the said hill goes, to the most convenient place of com-
ing off the s«me into the way that goes from Ezekiel Turner's to
the county road ; and thence as the cartway goes to said county
road. Vol. 2, p. 7.

Mar. 5, 1750, Accepted the highway laid out from Ezekiel
Turner's, to the way leading from Elijah Cushing, Esq.'s to
Hatch's mill. Vol. 1, p. 57.

June 29, 1751. A way laid out, from the way from David
Jenkins's to Abijah Stetson's, near the S. E. corner of said Stet-
son's cornfield, and thence by a cartway cleared out by said

Stetson, till it comes to the way at the foot of the great lots, &c.
Vol. 1, p. 369.

175G. A highway laid out to Abington, through land of John
Bray and Benjamin Studley.

Feb. 27, 1758. A way laid out, from the Beech woods saw
mill dam, as the way now goes, till it comes to the "W. side of the
cedar swamp, thence to John Bray's barn ; and thence to the S.
E. of Abington way. Vol 2, p. 207.

Feb. 27, 1761. A way laid out from the land of Marlboro'
Turner, and the heirs of Joseph Curtis, late of Hanover, deceased ;
thence N. as the way now lies to Samuel Whiting's and James
White's land ; thence to a beech tree on Joshua Jacobs's land ;
thence to the S. end of the lane between the land of Thomas and
William Whiting ; and thence N. as the way now lies, till it comes
to the N. bounds of the town of Hanover. Vol. 2, p. 208. Whi-
ting street.

Mar. 26, 1761. A way laid out, from the S. W. corner of
Gideon Randall's land, on the N. side of the way that leads from
the furnace to the meeting house ; thence to Isaac Hatch's fence ;
thence turning W. and running straight to the wav that leads
from Mordecai Ellis's to the meeting house. Vol. 2, p. 208.

April 17, 1782. A way laid out, beginning at Scituate line,
at the South end of the highway from Captain Thomas Collamore's
to Hanover meeting-house ; thence to Job Curtis's corner ; thence
to Oles's lot tasnce to the head of a wall between Benjamin

184 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Mann's and Thomas Hatch's ; thence to the head of a wall be-
tween Thomas Hatch's and Job Curtis's ; thence by Lemuel
Curtis, jr.'s house ; and thence to the highway heretofore laid out.
Vol. 1, p. 357. Part of Curtis street.

April 25, 1791. A highway laid out across the land of Richard
Estes,from the highway leading from said Estes's dwelling house
to the old furnace, beginning at the South-west corner of his farm,
and running North to the highway opposite the dwelling house of
Isaac Hatch. Vol. 1, p. 368.

Dec. 1, 1792. Main street laid out, the details corresponding
generally to those already given, under date of March 29, 1729,
and April 17, 1782. Vol. 1, p. 351.

May 16, 1796. A way laid out, from the North-east corner-
of William Stockbridge's land, by the highway near Charles
Bailey's, and thence West to the highway near John Bailey, jr's.
Vol. 1, p. 355.

Aug. 9, 1798. A new road petitioned for at the North-west
part of the town, and laid out, being that passing through Walnut
and North streets.

Oct. 20, 1800. The town voted against the road from Lemuel
Curtis's to the meeting-house, and not to accept the road turned
out by Joshua Dwelley near his house.

Oct. 12, 1801. A way laid out across Birch bottom.

1807. The road widened on the East side of the burying
ground.

Nov. 1819. The highway near Eleazer Joselymr s, past David
Studley's shop, widened and straightened.

June 1820. A new way laid out from Zaccheus Estes's to
Paul Perry's being part of Plain street.

May 5, 1823. The road over the furnace dam repaired, as
per agreement between the town, and the owners of the works.

Nov. 1832. Alteration of the road over land of Lewis Litch-
field and Joshua Gates, near Ellis's bridge.

June 1834. A road laid out below Studley's mill, from near
the house of Gridley Studley, over his land to the mill privilege,
and thence to land of Charles Lane, and to the highway, &c.

HIGHWAYS. 18c

April 7, 1835. The road past the house of George Curtis
altered, and that portion of the old road between the termini dis-
continued.

May 5, 1885. A road laid out from Charles Dyer's over the
driftway to the old forge, across land of Elisha Bass, John B.
Barstow, and Reuben Rogers, out to the road to Pembroke.

June 17, 1837. A road laid out from Charles Dyer's house,
to the road near Nathan Dwelley's, on the road from Hanson to
the Four Corners. At the same date, the road from Hiram Gard-
ner's to Scituate line was widened.

June 9, 1840. The road from Joseph W. and Zebulon Clark's,
to School-house No 2, widened and straightened.

June 10, 1812. Road from David Mann's to Abingtora
widened.

The roads laid out since the last date, are Pine street ; that
part of Hanover street called the Pine Island road ; and a road
from London bridge to Benjamin Mann's. Several alterations
have likewise been made in existing roads, and new locations of
portions of the old roads. The sum expended on highways, for a
few years past, has been quite large, considering the population of
the town, and the extent of its territory ; but though the taxes
have been high, they have been paid with commendable prompti-
tude, and usually with but little complaint. One thing we think
can be said of the town of Hanover with truth ;— that what-
ever differences of opinion may have temporarily arisen, and
however warmly party feelings may have been enlisted for or
against certain measures ; these feelings have never resulted in
any violent outbreaks, as in some towns, nor have they produced
alienations in families or neighborhoods , which have been lasting.
We do not claim that our citizens are void of the common passions
of humanity ; but a spirit of forbearance has been usually exerciseds
worthy of all praise.

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186 HISTORY OP HANOVER.

STREETS.

All the streets in the town were named by a Committee of eight,
one from each School district, in 1848, and are as follows :

Back Street : from Thomas Barstow's, to the widow Maiioun's.

Birch Street : from John Dwelley's, to Gideon Studlcy's.

Broadway ; from Teague's Bridge, to the Four Corners.

Cedar Street: from Main Street, near Benj. Bailey's, to Whiting Street.

Centre Street : from the Meeting House to Capt. Tribou's corner.

Church Street : from the Old Academy, past the Episcopal Church.

Circuit Street : from Edwin Rose's, past Thos. M. Bates,' to Hanover
Street.

Cross Street : from Abner Wood's to Silvester's works.

East Street: from Joseph Silvester's to Scituate line.

Elm Street: from Col. J. B. Barstow's to Pembroke line.

Grove Street : from Timothv Bobbins' to Main Street.

Hanover Street : from Washington Street to Abington Line, past the
Centre Meeting House.

King Street : from Hanson Line, past the Forge, to Lewis Litchiield's.

Main Street : from the Centre Meeting House, past the Baptist Church,
to South Scituate Line.

Mill Street : from Hiram Gardner's to South Scituate Line.

North Street: from David Mann's to Joseph Vining's.

Pine Street : from Washington Street to Union Street.

Plain Street : from Ethan Perry's to John Hatch's.

Pleasant Street: from Studley's Mill to J. W. Estes'.

School Street : from David Corthell's to King Street.

•Silver Street : from the Centre Meeting House to John Curtis'.

Spring .Street : from Elisha Bass' to near Studley's corner.

Summer Street : from Circuit Street to Abington Line.

Union Street : from Joseph Briggs, jr's. to Josiah Bonney's.

Water Street : from Curtis'* Forge, past Dyer's Works to Broadway.

Walnut Street : from the Baptist Meeting House to Assinippi Hall.

Washington Street : from North River Bridge to South Scituate Line,
being the, old Plymouth Stage Road.

Webster Street : from Ezekiel Turner's to Abington Line.

Whiting Street: from J. W. Estes' to Abington Line, past Benj. Mann's.

Wiuter Street : from Circuit Street, past Ozias Perkins', to Broadway.

New Guide Boards, with substantial red cedar posts, are placed
at the corners of all these streets, with the names, and suitable
directions to the neighboring towns. In this respect, the town of
;Hanover has not only fulfilled its legal obligations, but has set an

BRIDGES. 187

example which, were it followed by every town, would be of great
assistance to the stranger and traveller.

It is bad enough to journey over unknown roads with guide
boards, but where there are none, or only defaced and illegible
ones, it not only occasions great perplexity, but is often a serious
detriment, in the loss of time and distance, besides causing
additional fatigue to both man and beast.

BRIDGES.

The principal bridge in the town, is that over North River,
below the Four Corners, and on the old stage road from Boston to
Plymouth. The first bridge was erected here in 1656, by Wm.
Barstow, of which we have already given an account.

In 1682, the Colony Court ordered the second, or a cartbridge,
to be built over the North River at Barstow's bridge, at the
expense of three towns ; Scituate to pay <£10, Duxbury <£5, and
Marshfield £o.1 The place where this bridge stood is still visible,
and its old piers, built of loose stones, yet remain.

The present bridge, with split stone abutments, was built, by
order of the County Commissioners, in 1829, and is a substantial
structure, which promises to last for many generations.

At the Curtis forge is a small bridge, across the Indian Head
River, which was probably built as early as 1704, the date of the
erection of Bardin's Iron Works. Luclden's Ford, so called, is
near here, over which Gov. Winthrop was carried upon a man's
back, on hi3 visit to Plvmouth in 1632. 2

Above this, and in the neighborhood of Dyer's, now Perry's
Tack Factory, there was formerly a bridge, over the Indian Head;
but it has been gone for some years.

Still farther up, at Silvester's, formerly Barstow's Forge, is
another bridge, built as early as 1720, when the " new forge''
spoken of on the town records, was set up.

Teague's bridge, the next above, which unites Hanover with
Hanson, was built before 1740, at which time it was known a3
Hatch's bridge.

1 Dcane's Sjituate, p. 15. 2 Ibid, pp. 13 and 1G2.

188 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Following the stream up, which now has the name of Drink-
water river, we come to the old Furnace Dam, near Daniel
Barstow's, where Mighill's works were erected in 1710.

Ellis's bridge, is near Abner Magoun's, and was built as early
as 1676,as an old saw mill then stood on the spot, which was burnt
by the Indians in that year.

On the third Herring Brook, and below the Four Corners, is
Palmer's bridge, named on the town records in 1742, and built
by John Palmer, of Scituate, in 1G60, who covenanted with John
Bryant and Humphrey Johnson, to build a logway and bridge, and
cover it with gravel, from firm upland to firm upland.1 A perma-
nent bridge of stone was built here, by vote of the town, in 1835.

Above this is Winslow's bridge, named on the records in 1765,
and probably built as early as 167G, at which date the mill of
Cornet Stetson, which was burnt by the Indians, stood near this
spot.

Still farther north, is the bridge covering the stream between the
mills of T. J. Gardner (formerly the Curtis mill,) and that of John
Clapp. This was built as early as 1690.

At South Scituate line, is the dam connected with Jacobs'
mills.

There are other small bridges over our brooks, which have local
names.

PONDS AND STREAMS.

There are no natural ponds of any size in Hanover. Almost
all the mill privileges, however, have formed artificial ponds, some
of which are of considerable extent. The largest is at the forge
near Daniel Barstow's, covering a portion of Drinkwater swamp.

North River, the principal stream, received its name before
1638, probably from the circumstance that its general course is
from North to South.2 It is verv winding, — its length, from North
River bridge to the mouth, being over eighteen miles, and the tide
rises at the bridge from three to five feet, — there being a percep-
tible tide some distance higher up.

Its three chief sources are the Namatakeese, and Indian Head,

1 Deane, p. 15. » Deane, p. 15.

PONDS AND STREAMS. 189

which flow from the Mattakeesett Ponds in Pembroke ; and the
Drinkwater, which has its source chiefly in Abington, flows into
the Pond by Bates & Holmes' Anchor Works, thence by a general
southerly course, being a stream of some size, into Cobb & Cush-
ing's Pond at Hanson, and thence easterly, forming the boundary
line between Hanover and Hanson, past Silvester's Works, and
Perry's Tack Factory, into Indian Head River.

Though hardly within our scope to describe this river through-
out its course, its mouth being in another town, yet the views
which it presents are often so beautiful and picturesque, that we
can scarce resist the temptation to give them a passing glance, at
the risk of being accused of deviating slightly from the beaten path
in which historians usually tread. Suppose, then, we go down to
the " landing" at the bridge, and step on board one of these
" gundaloes" or flat barges, used by oar farmers for transporting
their salt hay from the marshes below. Shall ours be a moonlight
excursion, with the workmen, starting thus early to be in season for
the morrow ? or shall we choose rather to glide down the stream
by daylight ? The former is certainly the time which the poet
would choose ; the silvery beams of " night's chaste queen," then
shimmering upon the waters, and reflecting upon their placid
bosom the trees which border its banks, flitting like shadows by as
we move on, without oar, without sail, impelled only by the silent
current; — anon passing a ship yard, where, in silent grandeur,
looms up the hulk of some half-finished bark, which will soon be
sailing upon the mighty deep, perhaps to distant climes ; — and
then opening upon an expanse of meadow, winding through which?
like a thread of silver, the stream may be seen, far beyond us*
What stillness reigns! How quiet ! Not a sound of life is heard
around us ! Who can resist the feelings of reverence which such
a scene is calculated to inspire !

The trip by day, though not possessing all the enchantment of
that by night, is still beautiful, especially if taken when the leaves
are changing, and our forests are robed in their autumn hues ! It
is certainly delightful, on a clear October morning, when the air is
just cool enough to brace the nerves, and invigorate the lungs, to
move noiselessly down with the tide, viewing the scenery on either

190 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

bank, with the landings, and ship yards, the old " brickilns,"
" Cornet's rocks," and " gravelly beach," and noting the mean-
derings of the stream, sometimes almost doubling upon itself, and
the fine farms which are passed, and the broad meadows, with the
hills at a distance, and the sloping plains, until we arrive at the
;' New harbor marshes." Here, as Deane truly observes, " the
scenery is on a sublime scale, when viewed from Colman's hill, or
from the fourth cliff. The broad marshes are surrounded by a
distant theatre of hills, and the river expands, and embraces many
islands in its bosom. Here it approaches the sea, as if to burst
through the beach, but turns almost at right angles to the East,
and runs parallel with the sea shore, for nearly three miles before
it finds its outlet, leaving a beach next the sea of twenty rods
in width, composed chiefly of round and polished pebbles, except-
ing only the fourth cliff, a half mile in length, which comprises
many acres of excellent arable land."1

The author has looked upon this broad, marshy tract, from
Coleman's hill, after a severe storm, and seen the whole cov-
ered with water, like a mimic sea, with Will's Island standing out
in the midst, like an oasis in the desert. The contrast between
the smooth expanse here spread to view, and the turbulent waves,
fretting the beach beyond, is exceedingly grand.

The town owns, near the mouth of the river, a body of flats,
formerly quite valuable, the produce of which was annually rented
for a considerable sum ; but the depreciation in value of all fresh
and salt meadow land within the last fifty years, renders these
now comparatively worthless.

Deane asserts2 that salmon were formerly taken in the North
river, and that bass were once abundant in the winter season.
Shad and alewives are still taken ; and in the early history of the
town, the alewive fishery was a subject of interest and contention,
but has latterly ceased to attract much notice. Pembroke, Scit-
uate, and Marshfield derive the most profit from this fishery.

The principal brooks are the following : —

1. The Third Herring Brook, which forms the boundary line
between South Scituate and Hanover, rises in Valley SwTamp,

1 Deane, p. 20. 2 Scituate, p. 21.

BROOKS. 191

towards Hingham, and empties into the North river. This is a
valuable water privilege, which was early improved for saw and
grist mills, and to which have since been added tack factories.
Alewives formerly passed up this brook as far as Valley Swamp.

2. Silver, formerly Hughs' Cross brook, rises near the central
meeting house, and runs parallel to Silver street throughout its
course, forming a small pond at the Curtis family mill, and emp-
tying into the Third Herring brook.

3. Trout brook, rises in Randall Swamp, west of Washington
street, and flows southerly past Church's Tannery, emptying into
North river.

4. Torrey's brook, rises near Rose's Tannery, on Circuit street,
and runs in a south-westerly direction, emptying into Drinkwater
river.

5. Beaver dam brook, rises in the low ground east of the house
of Zaecheus Estes, on Plain street, and runs westerly, emptying
into Longwater brook.

6. Stetson's brook, rises in Hell swamp, back of Church's Hill,
and west of Washington street, crosses Union, Main, and Cedar
streets, and empties into Bailey's brook.

7. Bailey's brook, rises in the low ground east of Main street)
which it crosses, flowing Southerly until it receives Stetson's brook,
and then westerly, emptying into Longwater brook.

8. Longwater brook, rises in South Scituate, near Accord
Pond, and flows south-easterly, crossing North street beyond
David Mann's, at a spot where formerly stood an old grist mill,
thence forming the pond by Brooks' lower mill, and thence flowing
southerly, crossing Cedar, Hanover, and Circuit streets, and
emptying into Drinkwater river.

9. Studley mill brook, rises in Abington, and flows South-
easterly, crossing Webster and Pleasant streets, forming near the
latter a pond of considerable extent in the winter season, and
emptying into Long- water brook.

10. Iron-mine brook, rises in the low ground near Broadway,
and flows south-westerly, emptying into Drinkwater river.

There are other small streams in the town, dry in the summer
season. Those that we have named are permanent, and some of
them copious.

392 HISTORY OF HANOVER,

LANDMARKS.

The locations of many of the ancient landmarks are given, in
different parts of oar work, and these we do not deem it necessary
to repeat. The following have not been alluded to.

Bank Land — In the woods, near Oren Josselynn's. Said to have been
so called, because paid for in bank bills.

Beech Woods — West of King Street, towards Abington. A famous place
for early whortleberries.

Brisco's Plain — Near Gideon Studley's.

Candlewood Plain — Near the Centre Meeting House.

Chapman's Landing — On Wampum's Swamp, near Rose's Tannery.
There is another place of the same name on North River, where hay is
landed.

Cuff's Field — At the corner of Grove Street.

Cushing Lot Dam By Brooks' upper mill.

Dug Hill — On Silver Street.

Harden Hill — On land of Col. J. B. Barstow.

Halifax Road — From Brook's upper mill towards Abington.

King Stone Hill — North of Richmond Winslow's.

Little Cedar Swamp — Near Indian Head River.

London Bridge — On North Street.

Min<K> Field — On Silver Street.

Oles' Lot — Between Washington and Main Streets.

Park — On Broadway, near David Kersey's.

Peg's Swamp — Back of Charles Winslow's.

Pond Lots — Near the Widow Joshua Dwelley's.

Project Dale — Near Charles Dyer's.

Purr Cat Lane — Now Spring Street.

Rido;e Hill — From Main to Grove Street.

Strawberry Hill — West of Spooner Ellis's.

Shuble's Ridge — Crosses Centre Street, near E. Thayer's.

Share Lots — From the old highway on Walnut Hill, towards Abington.

Tumble-down Hill — Near John Hatch, jr's.

Turkey Plain — Near Indian Head River.

Wolf Trap, or Wolf Rock.— On land of Col. J. B. Barstow.

Walnut Hill. — South of Walnut, and West of Washington Street.

Woodward Hill — Between the Four Corners, and the Centre Meeting
House.

FAMILY GENEALOGIES.

PART II.

FAMILY GENEALOGIES.

<£OST©^

In the following pages, we have endeavored to give notices of
all the families at present settled in the town, so far as records
could be obtained, with extended sketches of several of those
early settled on its territory, and now widely scattered abroad,
throughout the country. We do not claim that these notices are
perfect or complete. Every one who has had any experience in
such matters, knows the difficulty, and even the impossibility, of
attaining to absolute perfection. The author expects some error3
will be discovered, but he trusts none of great consequenee. No
pains have been spared to obtain reliable information ; authentic
records have been consulted wherever they could be found ; and
traditions have never been given as authority, without first endea-
voring to verify them from different sources.

The author ventures to hope that a little indulgence will be ex-
tended to him, when the variety and multiplicity of details and
dates here presented are considered. It may be that some of
these sketches are not so extensive as the families themselves
might desire. But all that has been learned of these families is
published ; and want of materials, not of inclination, is the reason
why more has not been said. The author has endeavored to do as
equal justice as possible to all whose names arc presented. He
has published as cheerfully minutes of one family as of another.
And according to the interest the parties themselves have taken,
and the fulness of the information they have furnished, will the
sketches be found.

196 FAMILY GENEALOGIES.

The brief memoirs of individuals scattered throughout this
part, are such as have been obtained from letters, and the re-
collections of those who knew the persons alluded to ; and it is
believed they will be found to be courteous and respectful, at
least. The names of all who have ever lived in the town are
not entered. Some were but transient residents. Others,
who had descendants for two or three generations, finally removed,
and are settled in different places. To have recorded all of these,
would have enlarged the size of the volume, but probably not its
interest. Enough, however, is given here to satisfy reasonable
minds. Liberal criticism will never be deprecated. A candid
judgment is all that is asked.

Trusting that this part of the work will prove acceptable to
those for whom it was prepared, and not lacking in value as a fam-
ily memorial, and a contribution to the general fund of genealogi-
cal knowledge, it is sent forth, in the belief, that though not free
from errors, it contains much that is correct, and perhaps as few
inaccuracies as most books of the kind.

PLAN OF THIS PART.

The plan adopted in the following pages, is simple, and will
be easily understood by all familiar with genealogical tables.
But for the information of such as have not this acquaintance, we
deem it necessary to remark, that the figures which precede the
names of individuals, denote their place in the series, and the
figures which follow, point back to the place in the series where
the paternal ancestor is to be found. For instance, in the first
family, the Bailey's, we read, " 21. Benjamin, s. Charles 14. n
The figure 21, 'denotes that this is the twenty-first family described ;
and the figure 14 refers back to the fourteenth family, in examin-
ing which we find that Benjamin was born Feb. 24, 1797. By
observing this rule, it will be easy to trace any family back to the
first ancestor.

ABBREVIATIONS.

The following table explains the
used in this part.

ab. about.
Abn. Ahington.
Adm. Administration,
ae. aged,
acc't. account,
acs. acres.

Am. Tr. Ass. American Tract Associa-
tion.

A. M. Master of Arts.
Acad. Academy.
Asst. Assistant.

b. born,
bap. baptised,
betw. between.
Brigd'r. Bridgewater.
bro. brother.

B. U. Brown University.
Bos n. Boston.

Camb. Cambridge.

ch. children.

Ch. Church.

Chasn. Charlestown.

Co. Company.

Ct. Connecticut.

Col. Colony or Colonel.

Cong. Congregational.

Cont. Estab. Continental Establish

ment.
Cant'y. Canterbury.
Capt. Captain.
Clk. Clerk.
Const'n. Constitution.
Cal. California,
d. died.

das. daughters,
decsd. deceased,
descts. descendants.
Dux. Duxbury.
Dea. Deacon,
denom. denomination,
ea. each.
Eng. English.
Est. Estate,
fa. father,
freem. freeman,
grad. graduated,
gr. s. grandson,
gr. gr. s. great grandson,
gent, gentleman.
H. Hanover.
II. C. Harvard College.
Hm. Hingham.
Hn. Hanson.

Ham. Coll. Hamilton College,
hush, husband.
Inv'y. Inventory
Ills. Illinois,
inf. infant.

meaning of most of the abbreviation!

Ky. Kentucky.

Letts. Letters.

m. married.

Me. Maine.

Mfd.Marshfield.

mos. months.

mfr. manufacture.

Matt't. Mattapoisett.

mo. mother.

Md. Maryland.

Meth. Methodist.

Misso. Missouri.

M. D. Physician.

Miss. Mississippi,

Mass. Massachusetts.

memb. member.

N. II. New Hampshire.

N. Bed. New Bedford.

ord. ordained.

off. office.

p. page.

Pass. Passenger.

Past. Pastor.

Pemb. Pembroke.

Plym'h. Plymouth.

prob. probably.

Prob. Rcc. Probate Records.

Prov. Cong. Provincial Congress.

Philad. Philadelphia.

Pa. Pennsylvania.

Ports'h. Portsmouth.

pub. published.

Prov. Providence.

Rec. Records.

rccom. recommended.

Rev'n. Revolution.

Rox'y. Roxbury.

R. I. Rhode Island.

Regt. Regiment.

Roch'r. Rochester.

Rep. Representative.

ree'd. received.

s. son.

Scit. Scituate.

Sen. Senior.

Sett. Settled.

Scot'd. Scotland.

Sab'h. Sabbath.

Supt. Superintendent.

Stud. Studied.

Theol. Theology.

nnm. unmarried.

Va. Virginia.

w. wife.

Wat'n. Watertown.

Wey'h. Weymouth.

wid. widow.

wks. weeks.

Bailey Family.

Arms : Az.,nine estoiles, three, three,
two, and one, ar.

Crest : A morning Star, ppr.
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<^%^i fZi,

'<£r>>~ See No. 11.

c£aJAet/3*u&>

See No. 12.

^<£^^ /h^JJ^Ufs See No. 13.

«o^^^^J) See No* 20-

FAMILY GENEALOGIES.

FOB

BAILEY, an ancient, and common English name, represented
in this country by the descendants of several persons, "who came
oarly to N. Eng. and left posterity, ifhomas was of Bos'n., 1643,
and with his w. Ruth, was prob. of Wey'h., 1661, and was prob.
fa. of John, of Scit.

1. John, according to Deane, came from "Wey'h. to Scit. in 1670,
and was tenant to Capt. Jno. Williams, at Farm Neck. He m.
1. Sarah White, Jan. 25, 1672, and 2. Ruth Clollier, Dec. 9,

1699, and d. 1718, leaving a will, (Deane.) ch. : 1. John, Nov.
5, 1673. 2. Sarah, Oct. 1675. 3. Mary, Dec. 1677, m. Jas.
Perry, Jan. 1, 1701. 4. Joseph, Oct. 1679, m. and left descts.
in Scit. 5. Benjamin, Ap. 1682. " Moved to Marlboro', Mass.,
ab. 1712, m. and left descts. 6; William, Feb, 1685, m. Judith
Booth, Jan. 1714, and left descts. in Scit. 7. Hannah, Jan.
1687-8, m. Jas. Briggs, Dec. 24, 1716. 8. Samuel, Aug.
1690. Supposed by Deane to have moved after his father's
decease. Was there another da. Elizabeth ? who m. Wm. Barrell
July 2, 1706.

2. John, s. John 1, m. Abigail, da. Dea. Saml. Clapp, Feb. 19,

1700, and d. in II. in June, 1752, and his wid. Mar. 2, 1753.
He wa3 Selectman from 1735-37, and a man of influence in the
Wn. ch. : 1. Jane, June 30, 1700. 2. John, May 23, 1703.
3. Jacob, Dec. 13, 1706. 4. Capt. Israel, May 13, 1708, m.
Keziah Perry, Nov. 12, 1730, and left descts. inBrigd'r. and Scit.
5. Timothy, March 20,1709, 6. Abigail, Feb. 4, 1712-3, m.

200 BAILEY.

John Bates, May 21, 1733. 7. Sarah, 1714, m. Thos. Jenkins,
Mar. 4, 1731. 8. Deborah, 1717, m. Jere. Rogers, 1738.
9. Hannah, 1719. 10. Rachel, 1719. m. Jas. Rogers, 1741.
11. Naomi, 1722. m. Benj. Curtis 1741.

3. John, s. John 2, m. Elizabeth Cowen, Ap. 11, 1723, and
lived on what is now Main st., nearly oppo. the present residence of
Lebbeus Stockbridge. His w. d. Ap. 12, and he Sept. 28, 1778.
He was Selectman in 1744, and a man of business talents, and
considerable enterprise, ch. : 1. Elizabeth, Aug. 15, 1727, m.
Dr. Jere. Hall, Dec. 22, 1748, first of II., who sett, in Pemb. ab.
1764, was a distinguished physician, and a member of the Prov.
Cong, in 1775. 2. John, Oct. 30, 1730. 3. Joan or Jane,
Jan. 20, 1732, m. Thos. Hubbard, or ITobart, of Abn., July 5,
1750. 4. Seth, July 5, 1739.

4. Jacob, s. John 2, m. 1. Ruth Palmer, June 10, 1728, and 2.
a Hatch, and had 1. Jacob, Jan. 20, 1729. Moved to Me., m. a
Tinkham ? and had ch. 2. Ruth, Jan. 10, 1731 ,m. Geo. Ster-
ling, of Eng'd, May 13, 1788, who d. Dec. 24, 1791, and she
June 12, 1804. His grave-stone, a curiosity in its way, stands in
the old burial ground, near the Centre Meeting-house. 3. Charles,
Ap. 26, 1734. 4. Stephen, Feb. 27, 1737. 5. Hannah, June
29, 1739, m. Saml. House of Pemb. 6. George, Aug. 2, 1741.

5. Timothy, s. John 2, m. 1. Sarah Buck, May 27„1731, who
d. Oct, 9, 1740, and 2. Hannah Curtis, June 7, 1742, and with
his w., was recom. to the Church in N. Yarmouth, Me., whither
he moved, ch. : 1. Olive, May, 1735, d. May 26,1736. 2.
Tim'y., June, 1737, d. young. 3. Sarah, Mar. 13, 1739. (By
2d.) 4. Delight, June 12, 1745. 5. Olive, bap. May 15, 1748.
6. Tim'y., bap. Oct. 13, 1751.

6. John, s. John 3, m. Ruth Randall, Oct. 18, 17o0, and d.
Oct. 27, 1810, and his wid. June 3, 1820, ae. 90. He was Lt.
Col. of the Regt, of Col. John Thomas, of Kgsn., which marched
to Rox'y. in Ap. 1775, and when Col. T. was commis. as a genl.
off. in May, Mr. B. had charge of the Regt., and the next year
was chief Col. of a Regt. in the Cont, Estab., and held that rank
during the war, having the reputation of a brave and attentive
officer. Towards the close of his life, he kept a Tavern, on Curtis

BAILEY. 201

st., near where Abisha Soule resides. He was Selectman from
1768-71. ch.: 1. John, May 6, 1751. 2. Luther, Sept. 14,
1752. 3. Ruth, Nov. 8, 1754, m. Win. Stockbridge, Oct. 9,
1774. 4. Lucincla, Feb. 20, 1757, m. Jas. Lincoln, of Taunton,
June 29, 1774. 5. Calvin, 17G0 ? 6. Lebbeus, moved to N.
Yar'h., Me., m. a Mjrick, and left ch., of whom the Rev. Rufus W.
is in Va. 7. Sage, m. Dr. Gael Hitchcock, of Pemb., July 9.
1778. 8. Betsey, m. 1. Rev. Eben'r. Dawes, June 25, 1789,
who grad. H. C. 1785, was ord. at Scit. 1787, and d. Sep. 29,
1791; 2. Jno, Lucas, Esq., of Brooldine, Mass.; and 3. the
venerable Dr. Williams, ofDeerfield, Ct., where shed. She is
spoken of as a " lady of pleasing personal accomplishments."

7. Seth, s. John 3, m. 1. Lydia Rarstow, Feb. 11, 1762, who
d. Sep. 17, 1767; and 2. Alice Neal, July 28, 1768, and d. Oct,
12,1796, and his wid. was recom. to the Church in Freeport,
Me., 1 800, and moved there with her family. Mr. B. lived
first on Curtis st., in his father's house, and then on Union st.
where John Dwelley now resides, and there d. He was Select-
man in J 781-82. ch. : 1. Seth, bap. Dec. 12, cl. Dec. 14, 1762.
2. Marg't., bap. Ap. 8, 1764. 3. Seth, bap. Dec. 8, 1765.
(By 2d.) 4. Alice, bap. May 27, 1770, and d. the same year.
5. Alice, bap. Nov. 18, 1770, d. Mar. 1, 1796. 6. Lydia.
1772 ? d. Jan. 13. 1794, ae. 22. 7. Joseph, bap. Sept, 5, d.
Oct. 9, 1773. 8. Joseph, bap. Oct. 2, 1774. 9. Rebecca, bap.
Mar. 10, 1776, d. July 15, 1778. 10. Abigail, bap. June 1,
1776, d. July 11, 1778. 11. James; 12. Israel ; 13. Rebecca ;
14. Abigail ; and 15. Lucy; — all bap. Oct. 24, 1790. Lucy and
Israel are now in H.

8. Charles, s. Jacob 4, m. Betsey Palmer, ab. 1768, and d. in
Boston, Oct. 27, 1810, being killed by the fall of a chimney, as he
was passing through the street. Lived on Curtis st., near Benj.
Bailey's, ch. : 1. Charles, 1769 ? 2. Ezekiel, m. Hannah, da.
Stephen Bailey, and wid. of Ezek'l. T. Hatch, and moved to the
West, leaving a da. Sarah, in II., who m. Capt. Thos. B. Donnell,
Jan. 13, 1850. 3. Rebecca, m. Isa. Wing, July 4, 1802, and
moved to Ohio. 4. Sally, m. Eliph't. Smart, of Me., Sept. 20,
1795. 5. Betsey, m. a Gilbert? of Me. 6. Polly, m. a

13

202 BAILEY.

Whiting? of Me. 7. Martha, m. Saml. Gilbert, of Me., Mar. 6
1785.

9. Stephen, s. Jacob 4, m. Abigail Turner, and d. in H. Aug.
10, 1806. He was Selectman from 1790-93, and lived on
King st. ch. : 1. Abigail, m. Reuben Curtis, Nov. 23, 1801«
2. Hannah, m. 1. Ezek'l. T. Hatch, May 8, 1788, and 2. Ezk'l-
Bailey, Mar. 28, 1802, and d. at the West. 3. Ruth, d. Dec. 3>
1795, ae 20. 4. Deborah, m. Robt. Barker, Feb. 4, 1798. 5.
Stephen, 1780.

10. George, s. Jacob 4, m. Rebecca Ellis, and lived on King
st. His w. d. May 30, 1820, and he Nov. 12, 1831. He was
Selectman in 1787-88. ch. : 1. Geo. W., Nov. 22, 1777. 2.
David, Nov. 1779. 3. Lucy, 1781 ? m. Robt. krilvester, Nov.
8, 1796. 4. Gael, July 29, 1784.

11. John, s. John 6, m. 1. Ruth Ellis; 2. Mary Hill, who d.
Oct. 29, 1792 ; and 3. Tabitha Olney, of R. I. ; and d. Jan. 23,
1823, andhiswid. Dec. 30, 1827, ae. 77. Mr. B. was a natural
mechanic, a man of great ingenuity, and a successful inventor.
He was a clockmaker by trade, and a manufacturer of com-
passes. Many of his clocks still exist in the town, and are
creditable specimens of his skill. He was an upright and
zealous member of the Society of Friends, and a minister
among them, travelling into different States to speak as the
spirit moved. He was an honest man ; of great simplicity
of character ; a worthy citizen ; and eminently a peace maker.
He resided, the latter part of his life, near the Four Corners, in
the house occupied by Wm. Dawes, and built by Robert Silvester.
ch. : 1. Joseph, went off, and d. unm. 2. Mary, m. Danl. Newell,
of Lynn, and is d. 3. John, Mar. 13, 1787. 4. Ruth, m.
Horatio Cushing, Esq., May 10, 1811. He died, and she moved,
with her ch., to Hartford, Ct. (By 2d.) 5. Amy, m. 1. Ed-
ward, s. Col. J. B. Barstow, Sept. 2, 1821, and 2. Wm. Dawes, and
lives in H.

12. Luther, s. John 6, m. Silvester Little, Oct. 21, 1784, who
d. June 27, 1788, ae. 35, and an inf. da. Aug. 15, ae. 7 weeks-
An older ch., Sylvia, d. May 17, 1792, ae. 6. Mr. B. d. in H*
May 12, 1820, ae. 68. He served, with his fa., in the Rev. as

BAILEY. 203

Adjt., was aft. made Capt., and finally Major. He was a man of
good education, ranked high as an officer, and was generally
esteemed as a citizen.

13. Calvin, s. John 6, m. Sarah, da. Col. John Jacobs, of Scit,
and d. in Bath, Me., in 1835, and his wid. in H. Nov. 24, 1846,
ae. 82. He was a clockmaker by trade, and an ingenious work-
man, like his brother John. He was also upright in his dealings
with others, and a man of integrity and honesty, ch. : 1. Lucinda,
July 11, 1794, m. Stephen Curtis, of Scit. June 16, 1816, and d.
in 1818. 2. Calvin B., May 17, 1796. 3. Capt. Edwin, May 7
1798, m. Ann T. Ingraham, of Port'd., Me., in May, 1825, had 1
ch., wh. d. in 1828, and he in Aug. 1828. 4. Luther, and 5. Mar-
tin, Aug. 29, d. Sep. and Nov., 1798. 6. Capt. Henry, Aug.
2, 1801, m. Sarah Gardner, of Hm., Jan. 16, 1832, and lives in
Quincy. 7. Eliza, July 5, 1803. 8. Sarah, Aug. 20, 1805, m.
Lemuel Dwelley, jr., of H., and lives on Union st.

14. Chas., s. Chas. 8, m. Chloe Mann, Oct. 28, 1792, and lived
on Main st., in his father's house, where he d. June 11, 1820, and
his wid. Feb. 2, 1844, ae. 73. He, and his bro. Ezk'l., were own-
ers, for a time, of the fulling, saw, and grist mills, on King st
ch. : 1. Chas., May 25, 1793. Moved to Indiana, and m. there*
2. Chloe, Feb. 23, 1795, m. Paul Perry, Sept. 23, 1813. 3.
Benj., Feb. 24, 1797. 4. Betsey, Feb. 6, 1799, m. Josh. Dwelley,
Nov. 30, 1823. 5. Barker, Jan. 22, 1801. 6. Luther, Dec. 23,
1803, cl. Aug. 27, 1804. 7. Martin, May 4, 1807, d. Mar. 20,
1844. 8. Mary, May 24, 1809, m. Ensign Crocker, Dec. 24,
1828, and is d. 9. Marcia, m. Albert Holbrook, Nov. 3, 1830.

15. Stephen, s. Stephen 9, m. Ruth Hatch, June 9, 1803, lives
on King st., and is a Farmer, ch. : 1. Ruth, Jan 8, 1804, m.
Julius House, Jan. 13, 1825. 2. Lucy, Dec. 17, 1805. 3.
Stephen, Mar. 8, 1810, m. Sylvia W. Bates, May 6, 1834, lives on
King st., is a shoemaker, and has Udwin, Ap. 4, 1835 ; Laura
A., March 20, 1838 ; Stephen TP., Dec. 1840 ; and Albert W.,
Dec. 22, 1844. 4. Amos II., Mar. 6, 1815, not m.

16. Geo. W., s. Geo. 10, m. Asenath Curtis, Jan. 1, 1801, lives
on King st, and is a Farmer, ch. : 1. George, Sep. 13, 1802.
2. Asenath, Dec. 2, 1804, m. Thos. Stetson, of Hn., Dec. 10, 1827,

204 BAILEY.

and d. July 21, 1849. 3. Kezaa, Jan. 15, 1807, m. Josh.
Dwelley, Jan. 16, 1827. 4. Melzar C, m. Charlotte C. Water-
man, Aug. 1, 1833, and d. Sept. 29, 1843, having had Melzar C,
Aug. 17, 1839, and Saml. W., Dec. 31, 1841, d. Nov. 5,
1843. 5. Priscilla, May 18, 1813, m. Joseph Wilder, and lives
with her fa. 6. Lucinda, May 19, 1816, m. Hiram Gardner, of
H. 7. Sally E., June 3, 1819, d. Feb. 7, 1851.

17. Dr. David, s. Geo. 10, m. Joanna Curtis, Nov. 7, 1801,
Settled as a Physician in Scit, and there d. Jan. 13, 1836, ae. 56,
and his wid. Ap. 4, 1846, ae. 61. Mr. B. was successful in his
practice, and esteemed as a citizen, ch. : 1. David, Nov. 16, 1802,
m. Debo., da. Amos Dunbar, Ap. 24, 1833, lives in So. Scit., is a
shoemaker, and had 1 ch. wh. d. young. 2. Joanna, Dec. 13,
1804, d. July 14, 1813. 3. Rebecca, Nov. 27, 1807, m. Hiram
Gardner, June 5, 1831, and is d. 4. Elizabeth, June 12, 1810, m.
Alfred Loring, of Hm., Nov. 15, 1827, no ch. 5. Joanna, June 1,
1813, m. Albert Loring of Hm., Mar. 19, 1837, and has ch. 6
Luther, Feb. 18, 1816, not m. 7. Lucy, Sept. 11, 1818, m.
Edward Stowell, Jan. 29, 1848, and has Lucy H, and Helen 31.
8. Jeremiah, Aug. 12, 1822, a Carpenter, of Wey'h.,m. Elizabeth
G. Dunbar, and has Helen 6'., Ap. 1846; Okas. H, Nov. 1847,
d. ae. 2 mos ; and Geo. A., Oct. 1850.

18. Gad, s. Geo. 10, m. Thankful Loring, of Hm., and lives on
Kingst. ch. : 1. Maria, Aug. 20, 1810, m. Nahum Stetson, of Hn.,
Mar. 3, 1831. 2. Sarah A., Jan. 21, 1813, m. Ira Josselynn, of
H. 3. Lydia L., Nov. 11, 1814, m. Jno. S. Fogg, of S. Wey'h.
Oct. 28, 1838. 4. Gad J., Ap. 13, 1817, m. Lydia B. Clark,
June 1841, lives on King st., is a shoemaker, and had Helen H.,
Oct. 30, 1844, d. Nov. 1849. 5. Eliza J., Mar. 24, 1819, m.
John Waterman, of Carver, Nov. 20, 1846.

19. John, s. John 11, m. Ann, da. of John Taber, of Port'd. Me.,
29 d. 11 mo. 1810, is a clockmaker by trade, and resides in Lynn,
Mass. ch: 1. Catherine, 9 d. 11 mo. 1811, d. 3 d. 8 mo. 1817.
2. Miriam H., 5 d. 12 mo. 1813, m. Wm. Gifford, jr., of Falmouth,
in 1834, and resides in Peoria, Ills. 3. John T., 17 d. 12 mo.
1815, sailed fr. N. Bed. in 1831, in the ship Mentor, Capt.
Barnard, on a whaling voyage, was wrecked in the Straits of Ti-

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mou, and he, with 9 others, who took to a boat to escape, were
dashed upon the rocks, and all perished within 50 yds. of the ship.
4. Ann M.,24 d. 12 mo. 1817. 5. Joseph, 23 d. 12 mo. 1819,
m. Abby, da. Jas. Ingraham, of N. Bed., in 1844, had a da. Ca-
roline-A., and sailed fr. N. B., in 1860, as Master of the Ship
Champion, and d. in 1852, in Hong Kong, China. 6. Wm., 27 d.

8 mo. 1821, d. 22 d. 10 mo. 1822. 7. Wm., 2 d. 8 mo. 1823, m.
Frances Kelley, in 1840, and has Geo. R. F., 1850. The fa.
sailed fr. 1ST. Yk. in 1852, in the ship Red Rover, for Cala. and
thence to Canton, &c. 8. Mary N., 9 d. 7 mo. 1825, m. Chas.
C. Folgcr, in 1845, and has 2 sons, Chas., and John B. 9. Ca-
therine, 10 d. 8 mo. 1828. 10. Elizabeth, 15 d. 8 mo. 1830, d. 9d.

9 mo. 1830. 11. Geo. II., 18 d. 6 mo. 1832, d. 27 cl. 1 mo. 1834.
12. George, 21 cl. 11 mo. 1833, d. 31 d. 8 mo. 1834.

20. Calvin B., s. Calvin 13, moved to Bath, Me., in 1815, m.
Jane B. Donnell, May 21, 1820, and yet lives in B., being a man
of successful business enterprise, and a somewhat extensive ship-
owner, cli. : 1. Sarah J., Feb. 1821, m. George Davis, in 1841.
2. Col. Samuel D., July 1825. 3. Lucinda, May 1829.

21. Benja., s. Chas. 14, m. Rachel Dwelley, Ap. 4, 1822, lives
on Main st., and is a farmer, ch. : 1. Benj. W., Feb. 11, 1823, m.
Ruth Thomas, in Jan. 1850, lives on Main st., in the house built
by himself in 1849, and has Ada M., Jan. 15, 1851. 2. Joshua
D., Aug. 20, 1824. 3. John Q.,m. LydiaA. Curtis, and has Wm.
E., Oct. 1850, and a son b. 1852, and his w. d. in 1852. 4. Ra-
chel J. D., d. May 15, 1839. 5. Maria E., May 20, 1833. 6-
Rachel, cl. Sep. 24, 1848.

22. Barker, s. Chas. 14, m. Alice Ayres, Feb. 20, 1825, lives
in Chas'n., Mass, is a shipwright by trade, and has 1. Alice B.,
b. June 29, 1826, m. Jno. Yiall, June 4, 1846, Leather dealer,
Bos'n., and has John B., May 10, 1849. 2. Charles, b. Mar. 29,
1828, unci. 3. Ellen J., Dec. 24, 1838. 4. Andrew J., July
18, 1840.

23. George, s. Geo. W. 16, m. Olive Bates, June 20, 1824, and
d. Mar. 29, 1835. His wid. survives, and lives on King st*
ch : 1, Geo. C, Oct. 25, 1824, m. Julia A. Thomas, lives in Hn.,

206

BALDWIN — BARKER.

and had 1 ok, wh. d. 2. Olive W., Aug. 24, 1826. 8. Calvin
S., July 27, 1828, m. Lucy F. Stetson, June 1852. and lives in
Hn., shoemaker. 4. Elbridge, Aug. 28, 1829. 5. Reuben C,
June 24, 1831. 6. Horatio N., July IT, 1833, d. Jan. 1834.
7. Horatio N., July 23, 1834.

THE BALDWIN HOUSE.

BALDWIN, Rev. Sainl., 2d Pastor of the 1st Church in H.,
(s. David, of Sud'y., gr. s. of Henry, and gr. gr. s. of Henry, of
Devonshire, Eng'd.,, who sett, at Woburn, in 1650,) gracl. H. C.
1752, m. Hannah, da. Judge John Cushing, Jan. 4, 1759, and d.
Dec. 1, 1784, and his wid. May 8, 1790. ch. : 1. Abigail, Nov.
13, 1759, d. Dec. 22, 1831. 2. Saml., Ap. 19, 1761, cL May 7,
1762. 3. Saml., Feb. 18, 1763, d. in N. Y., as. ab. 20. 4-
Hannah, July 13, 1765, d. Nov. 2, 1789. 5. Mary, Nov. 25, 1768,
m. Robert Salmond, Nov. 1, 1787, and d. Aug. 12, 1847. 6.
Bethia C, May 19, 1771, m. Thos. Young, of E. Bridg'r., Jan. 5,
1792, and had 7 ch. 7. Wm, bap. Mar. 20, 1774, d. unm. in
Bridg'r., ae. ab. 70, a hatter by trade. 8. Lucy, Oct. 3, 1776,
m. Barzillai Allen, of E. Bridg'r., and had 5 ch. 9. Fanny, June
8, 1780, living unm. with Mr. Saml. Salmond.

BARKER, Caleb, a Quaker, s. Lt. Robt., of Dux., was in H. in
1727, and lived on Plain st., near Zaccheus Estes'. He was
Selectman in 1735. His son, Robert, m. Hannah Turner, and had

BARKER.

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Robert, whose descts. are in Pemb., and Grideon and Joshua, who

were furnacemen, and whose descts. are in N. Y. The das. m.

and sett, in Pemb.

Note. Two bros., Robert and John, were of Dux., ab. 1632, and were the
ancestors of most of this name in Plymouth Co. John s. John, was of Scit.,
and was the ancestor of most of the Barkers in that town.

2. Joshua, s. Benj., of Hn., and gr. s. of Joshua, of Scit., m. Debo.
Sturtevant, and lives on King st. His w. is dead. Mr. B. is the
enterprising conductor of the Iron Foundry on King st., known as
Barker's Foundry, and is a man of energy, and industry, en. : 1.
Deborah, May 22, 1834, d. Mar. 2, 1842. Sarah J., June 24,
183G. 3. Joshua, Dec. 6, 1837. 4. Eveline, Nov. 8, 1840. 5.
Jas. M., May 25, 1843. 6. Alfred, Dec. 20, 1847. 7. Mary, July
15, d. Sept. 14, 1849.

RESIDENCE OF CAPT. SETII BARKER.

3. Capt. Seth, s. Josiah, of Pemb., m. Harriet S., da. of Isaac
Mead, of Chas'n., Mass., in 1840, and lives near N. River bridge
in the Judge Whitman house. Has one da,, Alice, b. June 19
1848. Mr. B. was a shipmaster for many years, sailing from Bos-
ton to the Sandwich Islands, and to the N. W. Coast, in the Fur
Trade. In 1838, he left the Seas, and in 1848, sett, in II. His
fa. was for many years a Naval Constructor, at Chas'n., in the em-
ploy of the U. S. We give a view of Capt. B.'s residence above.

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BARREL — BARRY— -BARSTOW.

BARREL, Elisha, b. 1735, s. Wm., gr.s.Win.,and gr.gr. s. of Wm.,
who din Bos'n.,1639, (Deane.) in. Mary, da. Jno.Collamore,and d.
in H., Mar. 21, 1829, ae. 94, and his wid. Jan. 8, 1831, ae. 95. He
was a soldier in the Fr. war, and built the house now occupied by
his son Elisha. ch.: 1. Mary, Sep. 2t, 1774, m. Levi Burr, of
lira., who is d., and she is living in H., on Walnut st. 2. Elisha,
Mar. 7, L777. 3. Sarah, Feb. 4, 1779, m. Calvin D. Wilder, Jan.
15, 1815, and d. in 1845.

2. Elisha, s. Elisha, Lt. in the war of 1812, and Capt. of the H.
Artil. Co., in 1819, m. Lydia Clapp, of Scit., June 11, 1806, who d.
Oct. 17, 1849, ae. 71. He yet survives, ch. : 1. Harriet, June 28,
1808, m. Israel H. Gardner, of II. 2. John, Oct. 19, 1811, d.
Dec. 1817. 3. Lydia S., Dec. 13, 1818, in. Capt, Benj. N. Curtis,
Dec. 25, 1836, and d. Mar. 24, 1840.

BARRY, John S., s. Wm. and Esther, of Boston, b. March 26,
1819, m. Louisa, da. Lott and Kezia Young, of Rox'y., Ap. 8,
1840, and sett, in II. in 1841. ch. : 1. Caroline L., Ap. 12, 1841.

2. Eliza B., June 6, 1843. 3. Henrietta M., Jan. 1, 1848.

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BARSTOW. This family is of English origin, and from the
West Riding of Yorkshire, where the name still occurs. Accord-
ing to Whittaker's Ed. of Tlioresby's Hist, of Leeds, " Edmond
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1816, possessed of Hingerskil, formerly the seat of the Hoptons,
being the second husband of Ellinor Hopton, of the ancient and
eminent family of Hopton of Hopton, by whom he had Edward,
Thomas, Mary, Eleanor, and Henrietta. He was the son of Ed-
ward, the son of Thos. Barstow, of N.Allerton, whose da. Elizabeth,
m. Darcy Conyers, Esq. ; and his bro. Walter, was fa. of Mr. Jere-
miah Barstow, of Leeds, who, by Alice, da. of Mr. John Douglass,
of Anstrop Hall, had issue Jere., Esq., Mayor of Leeds, 1706, Mi-
chael of Wakefield, and Wm. of Leeds. The oldest son, by Elizabeth,
da. of Mr. Wm. Brook, of Killingbrook, had issue Jere., d. unm.,
Wm., and Hannah."1 We find in London, at the present date,
James, and Thos. I. Barstow, Esqr's., barristers, in the Temple,
who were of Yorkshire. The fa. of the latter is also a lawyer, in
Yorkshire. We have likewise heard of the Rev. Francis Barstow,
of Scalesboro' Park, who d. ab. 1830 ; of Mr. Barstow, of Green
Gate House, near Leeds ; and of Mr. Barstow, of Headingly, near
Leeds, — a man of property.2

Four brothers of this name came early to N. Eng., and settled at
Cambridge, Watertown, and Dedham. These were George,
Michael, John, and William. Of but two, George and William,
have we been able to learn when and how they came. We find
that, on the 20th Sept. 1635, William Barstow, ae. 23, and Geo.,
ae. 21, embarked for N. Eng., in the Truelove, John Gibbs, Master.
The place from which they came is not given, but they were pro-
bably of Yorkshire.

The following are the principal minutes which we have obtained
of the history of these brothers.

1. George, one of the brothers, according to the Mids'x. Prob.
Rec, m. Susan, da. Thos. Marrit ; had land granted him in Ded-
ham, in 1642 ;3 was a member of the An. and Hon. Art. Co., in
1644 ;4 a householder in Beit, in 1652, and a member of the
second Church f and d. in Camb. 18d. 6m., 1652, his will being
on file, and his estate being appraised at .£85 14s. 6d.6 His wid.

1 The above is varied slightly from the original, to embrace more facts in
less compass.

2 Letter of Mr. Henry Barstow, and communication from Rev. R. Breare.
8 Worthington's Hist. Dedham. 4 Hist. An. & Hon. Art. Co.
5 Scit. Town and Church llecs. 6Prob. Ilec. Mid.

210 BARSTOW.

Susan, d. at Camb. in 1654, and in the Invt. of her Est., allusion
is made to a " steere and cow at Dedham, and two young heifers
at Scituate," and Thos. Marrit is called her father, and was ap-
pointed guardian to her two ch.1 This Invt. is signed by John
Bridge and Michael Barstow. The names of the ch. were, 1.,
Margaret, bap. in Scit., Feb. 24, 1649-50, and 2., George, bap.
in Scit., June 12, 1652, his father being then decs'd. These ch.
are alluded to in the will of Michael, of Watn., in 1674, and to
each he left a legacy. Of their history we know nothing with
certainty. We think it highly probable, however, that the Bars-
tows of Rehoboth, descended from the son George. There we
find that Saml., s. George and Mary, was b. May 1, 1705, and m.
Mary Mason, Mar. 29, 1733 ; and this Geo., seems to have had a
son Geo., b. at a previous date, prob. as early as 1690, before the
fa. sett, in R. Geo., senr., d. Ap. 6, 1726, but his age is not given.
Geo., jr., m. Martha Mason, Sep. 29, 1715, and d. May 11, 1733.
His ch. were, 1. Martha, b. Ap. 16, 1716 ; 2. Jno., b. June 14, 1718,
m. Susanna Carpenter, Mar. 15, 1743, and is prob. the one al-
luded to in letter of Eben'r. B., of Scot'd. Ct., who, he says, was
" killed in the famous battle at the heights of Abraham, in Que-
bec, Canada, ( 1759, ) leaving 3 ch., one of whom was Wm. ( of
Prov., m. Bethiah Bourn ? June 10., 1773,) whose s. John?
now resides in Killingly, Ct., and Ms son John is in Scot'd., Ct.,
and was previously of Prov., R.I."; 3. Hannah, Ap. 2, 1721, d.
young ; 4. Geo., Mar. 19, 1724, m. Abigail Mason ? Mar. 14,
1753 ; 5. Hannah, Feb. 7, 1726-7.

Note. — Another John, called John the 3d., m. Judith Carpenter, Feb. 18,
1756 ? and had, 1. Lucy, Mar. 26, 1757 ? d. young. 2. Danl., July 25,
1759. 3. Abel, Oct. 20, 1760. 4. Huldah, Jan. 26, 1762. 5. Lucy, Jan.
26 ? 1 762, 6. John, Mar. 6, 1 765. " Joseph Munroe, of Rehoboth, m. Sarah
Barstow, June 9, 1782."

% ± f brother of George, was made free-

/fHj ?4> f&€kfiy>t& man of Mass. Mar. 3, 1635-6, and
' possessed in Wat., as per Rec., " 1. —

a homestead of 14 acs. 2. — 2 acs. of meadow at beere brook. 3. — 2
acs. of meadow in Plain Meadow. 4. — 7 acs. of Plowland, being
the 10th lot in the further plain. 5. — 7 acs. of meadow, being the
10th lot in the remote meadow. 6. — 12 acs. of upland beyond the

1Prob. Rec, vol. 1, p. 73.

BARSTOW. 211

further plain, being the 29th lot. 7. — a Farm of 129 acs. of up-
land, in the 5th division, and 8. — 50 acs. of land, being a great
dividend in the 4th div. and 9th lot." He was a man of note in
the hist, of the town, his name often occurring on its records, and
he being Selectman in 1652, Rep. in 1653, and often on the Jury
of trials.1 From the disposition made of his property, we in-
for that he left no family. H3 was prob. m., and his w. Grace, d.
July 20, 1671, — 3 years before his own decease. No ch. are
named. /His will is dated June 23, 1674, and in it, he gives
legacies to Rev. Jno. Sherman, of Wat. ; to the Church of Christ
in Wat. ; and toi.Dea. Thos. Hastings, and Dea. Henry Bright, )
whom he names as his executors. The bulk of his property was
disposed of as follows: — " To Hannah Barstow, alias Prince, one
great bible, and the debt due to me in my booke, which her first
husband, Wm. Barstow was indebted, &c. ; to'Elizabeth, w. of Wm. )
Randall, of Scit., ,£5 ; the same to Susan, w. of Wm. Perry, of
Mfd. ; to Michael, son of John Barstow, deceased, a lot of upland,
&c. in Wat. ; and to John and Jeremiah, ch. of the aforesaid John
Barstow, dees' d,, to ea. <£15. The rest of the est., after paying
debts, &c. to be divided into 10 shares, 2 of wh. parts or shares
were given to the ch. of his bro. Geo. B. decs'd., and 8 to the ch. of
his bro. Wm. decs'd." His est. was appraised at £273 18s. 3d.5
3. John, although not expressly called so, was, we have no doubt,
bro. of George and Michael, and resided in Camb., where he died in
1657, the Inv. of his Est. being entered the 20 d. 12 mo. 1657, 3 and
consisting chiefly of farming utensils. In this Inv., mention is made
of a ividow, who appeared before the governor, Feb. 25, 1657-8
and testified to that being a true Inv. of the Est. of her husb. &c
As no will exists, we find no ch. named ; but if he be the one
alluded to in the will of Michael, above, he had 3 sons, Michael,
John, and Jeremiah; — and if this Michael be the one who testified
in the case of a complaint vs. Susanna Woodward et. al. 1671, 3, 6,4
where he is called Michael, jr., and said to be ae. ab. 17, he was
b. ab. 1654. We find that John, the father, instituted a suit vs-

1 Middlesex Court Files, passim. 2 Mid. Prob. Ree. 4. 1G8.

3 Mid. Prob. Ree. 1, 143. * Mid. Court Rec., An. 1671.

212 BARS TOW.

Ann Hibbins, Relict and Exec, of Wm.Hibbins, desc'd., in 1656,3,
29,1 which was but about a year before his decease. The name of
hi? wid. we have not learned. Michael, the son, m. Rebecca
Thaire or Thayer, Jan. 12. 1676, and d. Dec. 2, 1698, leaving
an only da. Hannah.2 He owned " a homestall containing 6 acres
of upland and meadow, with a mantion house, and barn, orchards?
and cyder mill, &c."

The history of the other sons,-— John and Jeremiah, — is involved
in a little obscurity. There was a John Barstow in Scit in 1678>
who is called by Deane a son of Wm., formerly of Dedham, and
who, he says, was jprob. b. in Dedham. There was also a Jeremiah
in Scit., who was " killed by the Indians in 1676," and' whose wid*
Lydia m. Richard Standlake, 1677. This Jeremiah is also called
by Deane a son of Wm. of Dedham. But as there is no actual
record of the birth of such sons to Wm., we think there is room to
doubt the correctness of Deane's su 2; Question. It is certain that John
of Camb., had sons Jno. and Jere., but not certain that Wm. had
such. We think it most probable, therefore, that John and Jeremiah
settled in Scituate, and were sons of John, who d. at Camb., and
not of Wm. of Dedham.
Of their history, and descendants, we shall speak hereafter.
4. William, the fourth bro., was in Dedham in 1636, and signed
the Pet'n. for the incorp'n. of that town under the name of Content-
ment.* The 16 d. 12 mo. 1642, grants of " upland ground fit for
improvement with the plough/' were made to him, and to his bro.
George. He was a freem. in Scit. 1649, and the first settler, of
whom we have record, on the present territory of H. He was
prob. m. to his w. Anne, after he came to 1ST. Eng., but we have
found no record of this marriage, and cannot, therefore, give her
maiden name in full. Mr. B. was a noted man in his day, as
will be seen from what we have already said of him. He was also
an extensive landholder, a man of high respectability, and a
worthy and enterprising citizen. He d. in Scit. in 1668, ae. 56,
leaving no will, and his wid. Anne, admin, on his Est.4 In the will

1 Mid. Court Rec. an. 1656.

2 Mid. Prob. Hoc. Yol. 9, pp. 225-7.

3 Wortliino-ton's Hist. Ded.

4 Col. Rec, 3, 56.

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of Michael, his bro., mention is made of " 8 ch. of his bro. Wm."

We have succeeded in learning the names and dates of birth of

but 5 of these. There seem to have been but 2 sons ; the rest

were probably daughters. Their names were, 1. Joseph, b. in

Declham, 6 d. 4 mo., 1639. 2. Patience, b. in Dedhain, 3 d. 10

mo., 1643, m. Moses Simmons, of Scit., 1662. 3. Deborah b. in

Scit. in Aug. 1650. 4. Wm. b. in Scit., in Sep. 1652. 5. Martha

b. in Scit., 1655, m. Sam'l., eldest son of Sam'l. Prince, 1674, who

d. bef. 1686. (N. E. Gen. Reg. 1851 p. 379.)

Note. — It would appear, from the will of Michael, of Watn., that the it.
of Mr. B. m. a Prince.

5. John, s. John 3, is prob. the one who was a householder in
Scit. in 1678. According to Deane, 4i a consid. tract of land was
laid out to him W. of the So. Meeting-house common, extending to
Jordan Lane. His house was 50 rods south of the present road,
and was afterwards the house of John Ruggles," &c. He m.
Lydia Hatch, Jan. 16, 1678, da. of Wm. Hatch, who moved to
Swansey, and had 1. Job, Mar. 8, 1679. 2. Jeremiah, Aug. 28,
1682. 3. John, Feb. 15, 1684, bap. an adult, July 18, 1708, and
prob. d. unm. 4. Jerusha, Nov. 21, d. Dec. 18, 1687. 5. Susanna,
May 5, 1689. 6. Abigail, Mar. 8, 1692. 7. Lydia, Mar. 26,
1696.

6. Jeremiah, s. John 3, is prob. the one who was killed by the
Indians, with Capt. Michael Pierce, of Scit., at Rehoboth, in 1676.

He m. Lydia , and she, after his decease, m. Richard

Standlake, in 1677. The ch. of Mr. B. were, 1. John, and 2.
Jeremiah, and of these the wid. Lydia was appointed guardian,
" to demand and recover a legacy given unto each of them by
their great uncle, Michael Barstow, late of Watn. decsd., as by his
will." l Lett's, of Adm. were granted to John, 1 ro. of " Jeremiah,
deceased, so he keep a faire accompt thereof, and be reddy to
shew it before said Court, when by them required." 2 According
to Deane, Jeremiah, the youngest of these sons, was a captive, for
a time, amongst the Indians.3 "We have no knowledge of the sub-
sequent history of this family.

/

1 Col. Rec., G, 15. * Ibid. s Hist. Scit, 218.

214 BARSTOW.

7. Joseph, s. Wm. 4, m. Susanna Lincoln of Hm., May 16, 1666,
(Hm. Rec.) and d. Ap. 17, 1712, and his wid. Jan. 31, 1730,
being very aged. For some acc't of his life, see p. 18. That he
was an extensive landholder, is evident from the large grants made
to him by the Col. Court, which embraced many hundred acres,1
now lying chiefly in Abington. These grants were in the vicinity
of the grants made to Cornet Stetson, with whom Mr. B. seems to
have been on terms of intimate friendship, and whose will he
witnessed, ch. : 1. Susanna, June 3,1667, m. Isaac Randall, Nov.
19, 1684. 2. Joseph, Jan. 22, 1675. 3. Benjamin, Mar. 1,
1679, prob. d. young, as he is not named in his father's will. 4.
Deborah, Dec. 26, 1681, m. John Bryant, jr., Jan. 1, 1707. 5.
Samuel, Jan 1, 1683.

8. m& J£ j. / rj s. Wm. 4, m. Sarah ,

^M^TZ /^C^H^A^t^ and is called a husband-
man? He occupied his father's house, and probably, also,
to some extent, followed the business of ship-building. He was
owner of a saw-mill, and of other property, which he bequeathed to
2 sons and 5 das., and his will bears date 1711. ch. : 1. Rebecca,
Mar. 12, 1676. 2. Martha, 1678, m. John McFarland ? Dec. 25,
1705. 3. Anna, June 26, 1681, m. Saml. Curtis, Sep. 11, 1707.
4. Wm., Nov. 23, 1684. 5. Mary, Feb. 21, 1687, m. Saml.
Harlow, Plym'h., Jan. 3, 1715-6. 3. Benj., July 22, 1690. 7.
Susanna, Nov. 8, 1693, m. Benj. Taylor, Nov. 19, 1724.
Note. — A son of Win. bap. Nov. 7, 1680, prob. A. young.

9. £ob, s. John 5, sett, in Norwich, Ct., and m. Rebecca, da.
Joseph and Mary Bushnell, (formerly a Saffingwell,) Mar. 2,
1707-8, she being 19 yrs. of age. He d. Sept. 14, 1767, ae.
84, and his wid., May 7, 1782, ae, 94, ( as per records from Ct. )
The fa. is spoken of as a man of strong intellect, sound judgment,
unbending integrity, gentlemanly deportment, and manners pecu-
liarly bland and conciliatory. His advice and counsel were often
sought, and he was eminently a peace-maker, and a healer of

1 Hobart's Abington, pp. 18 and 19. 2 Prob. Rec, Plym.

BARSTOW. 215

divisions among his neighbors and friends. The mother was also
intelligent and pious. Ch. : 1. Rebecca, Dec. 18, 1708, d. Oct.
1709. 2. Jerusha, Sept. 1, 1710, m. John Gager, of Frank'n.,
Ct., had 6 sons and 2 da's., and d. July 7, 1775. 3. Jonathan,
Dec. 2(3, 1712. 4. Lydia, May 27, 1715, m. 1, an Edgerton, ?
and 2, Bradford Peck, and d. May 7, 1767. 5. Mary, Dec. 16,
1717, m. Alpheus Wickwire, had 2 da's, and 1 son, and d. Sep
25, 1799. 6. Ebenezer, June 16, 1720. A baker by trade,
lived in Norwich, and d. unm., Sep. 30, 1755. 7. Yetonce,
July 17, 1722, m. Esther Wood, had 2 das., and d. Dec. 28,
1799. 8. John, Dec. 31, 1724. 9. Abigail, Feb. 17, 1727, m.
1, Danl. Kingsbury, and had 3 das., and 1 son ; and 2, David
Bottom, and had 1 son, and d. ae. 83.

10. Jeremiah, s. John 5, was prob. of Marlboro', Mass., and
with his w. Elizabeth, ? were members of the Church in 1704. He
m. Sarah Howe, perhaps a 2d w., " ye 6 d. 10 mo., 1711," and had
ch. bap. in M., 1. Jeremiah, and 2. Elizabeth bap. 26 d. 8 mo., 1712.
The former prob. d. 3. Dorothy, 25 d. 2 mo., 1714. 4. John,
18 d. 1 mo., 1716. 5. Abigail, 10 d. —mo., 1718. 6. Wm,
21 d. —mo., 1719. 7. Sarah, 3 d. 7 mo., 1721. 8. Lydia, 19 d.
7 mo., 1725. 9. Jeremiah, 9 d. 5 mo., 1727. See Church Rec.
Marlb. This is all the information I can obtain of the family.

11. Joseph, s. Joseph 7, called Capt. Joseph, on the H.

Rec, m. Mary and d., in H., July 25, 1728. The

Inv. of his Est. speaks of J of a sloop ; his farm of 70, acs. ;
the farm of 40 acs. on which Wm. Stetson lived, in Scit. ;
the farm of the wid. Amy D welly, of Scit., 24 acs. ; 328 acs.
called the Court Grant, between land of Dea. Stockbridge
and Saml. Barstow ; 32 acs. of cedar swamp, partly in said grant ;
70 acs. joining the N. side of Elij. Cushing's farm ; 45 acs. on
the S. of sd. C's. farm ; 6 acs. fresh meadow ; J of the new forge ;
5 £ acs. by Gershom Stetson's ; 6 acs. adjoining Chas. Stock-
bridge's; 1J acs. on the N. side of the road to Benj. Perry's; J of
a saw-mill ; 184 acs. of land in Pemb., adjoining the new Forge ;
14 acs. in Pemb., near the Major'sPurchase ; J grist mill at new
Forge ; J ac. by N. River bridge ; and a negro woman named

216 BARSTOW.

Rose. The whole was appraised at .£6,926, — a large sum for
those days. (Prob. Rec. Plym. 5, 846-8.) Mr. B. lived on
Broadway, built the Barstow Forge, and it is said, built the house
now known as the Sahnond House. His wid. m. Thos. Bryant, of
Beit., May 14, 1735. Ch.: 1. Elizab., Aug. 23, 1699, m. 1, Isaac
Barker, of Newport, R. I., Jan. 25, 1719, and 2, Elijah Cushing,

Esq., 1724. ( See" her father's will. ) 2. Joseph, Sep. 6,

1701, d. Ap. 4, 1703. 3. Joseph, Jan. 10, 1704. 4. Joshua,
Sep. 8, 1706, d. young. 5. Mary, Feb. 21, 1709, d. young.
6. James, Ap. 20, 1711, d. Jan. 16, 1733, leaving a will. ( Prob.
Rec. Plym. ) 7. Mary, May 20, 1717. 8. Joshua, Sep. 8,
1720. 9. Abigail, bap. May 9, 1723.

Note, — An inf. da. bap. Oct. 12, 1719, prob, d. soon after.

12. Samuel, s. Joseph 7, m. Lydia Randall, Mar#17, 1708, d.
Oct. 23, 1730, ae. 47, and his wid. m. Thos. Tracy, of Pemb.
May 28, 1733, and moved to P. with her ch. Mr. B. prob. lived
near the centre meeting-house, in which vicinity, and in the wes-
terly part of the town, he was the owner of a large body of land,
and other property. His est. was appraised at .£3,700, 'an d was
divided into 9 shares, 2 of wh. were left to his son Saml., 1 to
Debo., 1 to Lydia, 1 to Job, 1 to Michael, 1 to Elizab., and 1 to
Priscilla. Lett, of Adm. were granted to Lydia, relict, &c., 1731,
and in 1741, she is called Lydia Tracy, Adm'x. on Est. Saml. B.
&c., and rendered her final acc't. Mr. B. was Selectman, in 1729.
ch. : 1. Samuel, Feb. 7, 1709. 2. Deborah, bap. Oct. 5, 1712,
m. Sam'l. Hatch ? Dec. 25, 1732. 3. Lydia, Ap. 1, 1717, m.
Ichabod Brewster,8 of Dux., June 3, 1735, and settled in Leba-
non, Ct. 4. Job, bap. Ap. 3, 1720. 5. Michael, Jan. 9, 1723.
6. Joseph, bap. June 13, 1725. 7. Elizab., May 8, 1727, prob.
ro- Job Young, June 6, 1762. 8. Priscilla, Oct. 5, 1729.

13. William, s. Win. 8, m. Sarah Randall, Dec. 20, 1709, and
d. previous to 1734, in wh. year his Est, was sett. His wid. Sarah,
is named, and Han'h., w. Wm. Ford, and a da. Sarah, and an only

i Prob. Rec. Plym. 5, 814-1G.

2 Winsor's Dux. He says Ichabod B. m. Lydia Breivster, of Pemb. It
should be Barstow.

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son Wm. The wid. d. May 13, 1738. ? ch. : 1. Hannah, Aug.
10, 1710, m. Wm. Ford, of MM., Oct. 30, 1728, (N. E. Gen.
Rec, 1752. ) 2. Sarah, Oct. 2, 1712, m. Ezekiel Lad, of H-
( See old deeds, &c. ) 3. Wm., Ap. 10, 1715.

*J5

wiiA, tWm z^W?W^ BeT ™" - s- Wm- 8>

JU m. 1, Mercy Randall,

Dec. 20, 1709, ( Scit. Rec.,) who d. in H., Dec. 17, 1728 ;— 2. Sa-
rah Barden, or Burden, ? of Mid'o., May 15, 1729-30, who d. ab.
1738 ;— and 3. Wid. Ruth Winslow, Nov. 22, 1738. Mr. B. oc-
cupied his father's house, being that of his gr. fa. Wm., and seems
to have followed their trade, being a shipwright, and having his
yard near the N. River Bridge. (See the chap, on Ship-
building.) Tradition says that he had 21 ch. in all. From a dili-
gent search of the Town and Church Records, of Scit., Pemb., and
Hanover, I find the following 19. The other 2 prob. d. young.

I. Benjamin, Oct. 9, 1710, prob. d. 1715. 2. Martha, Jan. 20,
1712, prob. d. young. 3. Martha, bap. Aug. 14, 1715, m. Eliab
Turner, May 12, 1731. 4. Benjamin, bap. Sep. 2, 1716. 5. Nath'l.
bap. Aug. 11, 1717. 6. Caleb, bap. Mar. 20, 1719, prob. d. young.
7. Mercy, bap. Aug. 19, 1722, m. Joshua Thomas, 1747, (Pemb.
Rec. ) 8. Margaret, bap. June 27, 1725. 9. Rebecca, bap.
June 11, 1727. 10. A da., bap. July 10, 1728, being sick ; prob. d.

II. Gideon, Feb. 14, 1728-9, prob. d. young. (By 2d.) 12. Geo.,
bap. Jan. 10, 1731. 13. Thomas, Feb. 27, 1732. 14. James,
Feb. 22, 1734. 15. Jacob, Feb. 15, 1736. 16. Gideon, Jan.,
1738. (By 3d.) 17. Caleb, 18. Sarah, May 5, 1741, m. Sil-
vanus Cook, of Kgs'n, Mar. 22, 1764. 19. Content, m. — Bar-
low, of Rochester.

15. Jonathan, s. Job 9, m. Abigail Hyde, and d. Nov. 28,
1747, ae. 35. ch. : 1. Abigail, m. Ebenezer Hartshorn, of Frank-
lin, Ct., and had 9 ch. 2. Betsey, m. Phinehas Peck, and had
several children. 3. Jonathan, m. Mary Pettes, lived in Tolland,
Ct., and had Mary, Jonathan, Nancy, Alvin, and Royal.

16. John, s. Job 9, m. Jerusha or Elizabeth ? Newcomb, of
Franklin, Ct., ab. 1746, and sett, in Cant'y., Ct., ab. 1750, where
he d. Feb. 9, 1796, ae. 71, and his remains, with those of his w.,

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lie " in the old grave yard in Westminister parish."— ■" They
were loved and respected in their lives, and mourned, not only
by a large family, but by the community among whom they
lived.' ' ch. : 1. Alpheus, 1748. 2. Samuel, Jan. 1749. 3.
John, Oct. 2, 1751, d. young. 4. John, Dec. 21, 1752. 5. Heze-
kiah, Feb. 28, 1755. 6. Ebenezer, Sep. 7, 1756. 7. Anne,
July 31,1759, d. ae. 14. 8. Job, Mar. 5, 1760. 9. Rebecca
E., June 11, 1763, m. 1, Nath'i Annable, and 2, Col. Pierce.
10. Win. A., Feb. 21, 1765. 11. Jerusha, Mar. 2, 1767, m. Na-
than Palmer, Esq., of Wilkesbarre, Pa., a lawyer, and a memb. of
the Senate of Pa., for 4 yrs. &c. Their ch. were : 1- Sterne, of
Mt. Holly, Pa., Chief Cl'k. Farmer's Bank, m. Mary, da. Jno.
Palmer, of Monmouth Co., N. J., and has a son, Theodore, in Cala.
2. Strange N., Ed. of the Potrsville Emporium, and fomerly
Judge of the C. C. P., m. Jane Moffat, and his da. m. Rev.
Abel C. Thomas, of Philacl. ; a da., m. a Potts, of Pottsville ; and
his son Robert, is Dist. Att'y, &c. 3. Volney Barstotc, the dis-
tinguished and enterprising Advertising Agent, whose offices
are in Boston, 1ST. York, and Philad., — m. Eliza B., da. Joseph
Boyd, of Philad., and has 31. Julia, Ella V. B., Mary B., and
C. Lillie. 4. Join, of Kye, N. Y., farmer, m. Harriet Barker,
and has 3 ch. 5. Eliza, not m. 6. George.

17. Joshua, s. Joseph 11, m. Elizab. Foster, of Scit., Ap. 21,
1741, and, according to an inscrip'n. in the H. grave }Tard, " was
drowned at the Eastward, Oct. 3, 1763, ae. 44." It has been
said that he owned, for a time, the Gad Bailey place, on King-st.
He was proprietor of the Forge built by his father in 1720, ( see
p. 20 ? ) which he improved until his decease, and probably occu-
pied his father's house, ch. : 1. Joseph, Nov. 13, 1742, d. May
2, 1759. 2. Mary, June 6, 1743, m. a Curtis, ? resided at Harps-
well Neck, Me., and had a large family, mostly sons. 3. James,
Oct. 8, 1744. 4. Barshaway, Feb. 20, 1745, m. a Merrill. ?
5. Abigail, Sep. 26, 1747, cl. Oct. 24, 1749. 6. Joshua, June
26, ( T. Rec, ) or July 7, ( Fam. Rec, ) 1749. 7. Calvin, Oct.
7, 1750, was m., and cl. in Preston, Ct., in 1826, leaving a son,
Jedediah, of Jewett City, Ct., who was m., and d. in E. Hampton,
Ct., in 1846 ; and a son, Joshua, of Preston, b. Feb., 1776, who
m., and had 6 ch., — 4 are living, viz : a son in Mich'n, a son in N.

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York., a da. m., in Preston, and the youngest son, with- his fa

8. Ezekiel, June 7, (T. Rec,) or July 7., (Fam. Rec, ) 1752.

9. Abigail, Sep. 29, ( T. Rec., ) or Dec. 7, ( Fam. Rec., ) 1753,
m. an Ains worth, of Portland, Me. 10. ( Timothy ? ) Hatherly,
Feb. 22, 1755, sett, in Port'd., Me. 11. Foster, Ap. 2, 1757.
12. Elizabeth, Feb. 5, 1760. 13. Joseph, ? sett, in N. Yar-
mouth, Me., was first a blacksmith, and afterwards a saddler.

Samuel, s. Sam'I.
18* S * <& g^A* 12, is called Dea.

3-4^0 fd^XAMy Sam'I. on the H.

Rec, and was for
many years Dea.
of First Ch. He m. Margaret., da. Dea. Joseph Stockbridge, ? Nov.
26, 1731, who d. Ap. 12, 1788, ae. 80, and he d. Nov. 19, 1801,
ae. 93. He was Selectman in 1745 and 6. ch. : 1. Lusannah,
Oct, 9, 1732, m. John Ruggles, jr., Scit, Mar. 11, 1755. 2. Sam-
uel, July 28, 1734. 3. Lydia, Mar. 14, 1736, m. Seth Bailey,
Feb. 11, 1762. 4. Marg't, Feb. 20, 1738, d. June 1, 1739.
5. Charles, May 3, 1740. 6. Seth, June 15, 1742. 7. Daniel,
July 1, 1744. 8. Marg't, June 1, 1746, d. Jan. 24, 1757.
9. Grace, May 27, 1748, m. Elisha Foster, jr., Scit., Oct.
19, 1769.

19. Joseph, s. Sam'I 12, with hi.3 sister Lydia, moved to Leba-
non, Ct., ab. 1735, and m. wid. Mary Webster, formerly a Bliss,
May 6, 1752, who d.Mar. 4, 1770. ch. : 1. Job, Mar. 17, 1753.
2. Michael, May 24, 1754. 3. Joseph, Nov. 16, 1755. 4. Molly,
Jan. 12, 1757. 5. Lydia, Dec. 15, 1758, m. Jesse Loomis, of
Lebanon, Ct, and sett, in Bennington, Vt, where she is yet living,
ae. 94 ! 6. Samuel, Ap. 8, 1760. 7. Eiizab. or Betsey, Jan 31,
1762, m. Chas. Wright, of Columbia, Ct., " was left a wid. many
years ago, and now resides in Canton, Bradford Co„ Fa,, with her
ch., retains to a remarkable degree her faculties of body and mind..
and is able to walk from house to house with a quick step, while-
her tongue is loosed on the great subject of religion." 8. Mehi-
tabel, Dec. 14, 1764. 9. Charles, Ap, 15, 176*1 10. EHas*
Sep. 5, 1768.

20. George, s. Benj. 14, m. Asenath Taylor, Jan. 10..1750-L

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■>

It is said that he lived, for a time, where Col. J. B. Barstow re-
sides, and finally moved to Me., where he d. His ch. bap. in H.,
were 1. Isaac, Sep. 20, 1761, and 2. Asenath, Aug. 5, 1764.

21. Thomas, s. Benj. 14, m. Sarah, da. John Studlej, and
lived in Scit, his farm lying near Palmer's bridge, by the third
Herring brook, and his house being the same as that now occupied
by his grandson, Elijah. He was a ship-builder by trade, as were
his ancestors before him, and occupied the yard whose site is
marked by the two venerable white oaks. He d. Mar. 27, 1797,
ae. 65, and his wid. Feb. 2, 1805, ae. 74. A man of capable
business habits, and of excellent moral character. Ch. : 1. Sarah,
b. 1754, bap. Mar. 16, 1755, m. Sam'l Woodward, moved to Me.,
and has desc'ts. there. 2. Thos., b. 1756, bap. May 22, 1757.
3. Rebecca, b. 1759, bap. Sep. 13, 1761, m. Nath'l Church, of
Scit., and moved to Me., where she d. in 1812. 4. Nath'l. b.
1761, bap. Jane 13, 1764. 5. John Burden, b. 1764, bap.
June 17, 1764. Jane D., b. 1766, bap. Aug. 31., m. Sam'l Don-
nell, of H. 7. Mary, or Molly, b. 1768, bap. Oct. 2, d. unm., June
1, 1850. 8. Elijah, b. 1771.

22. James, s. Benj. 14, m. Rhoda House, Feb. 23, 1758, was
a ship-builder for a time in H., and moved to Dux'y., where he
engaged in the same business, and where he d. in 1808, and his
wid. in Pemb., Sep. 5, 1819, ae. 84. ch. ; 1. James. 2. Joseph.
3. Nabby, m. Asa Keen, of Pemb., and had 12 ch. 4. William.
5. George, Ap. 7, 1775. 6. Ruth, m. Wm. Standish, of P., and
had 10 ch.

23. Jacob, s. Benj. 14, m. Kezia or Desire Brattles, Mar. 13,
1760, who d. in Pemb., Sep. 28, 1793, ae. 52. His death was
caused in a singular manner. He was riding on the beach, by the
Brant Rock, in MM., not far from the farm of the Hon. Daniel
Webster, when his horse, being either frightened, or too suddenly
checked, threw him into the surf, and stepped on his breast, killing
him instantly, ch:. 1. Hullah, Jan. 23, 1760-1, m. Alanson Car-
ver, of Mfd., and had sev'l. ch., of whom Barstow Carver is yet
living in M. 2. Jacob, Nov. 7, 1762. 3. Burden, June 11, 1768,
d. unm. 4. Charles, Sep. 1, 1771. 5. Kezia, Jan. 1, 1775., m.
Sylvanus Lapham, of Mfd., Ap. 12, 1795. 6. Deborah, m. John
Jones, of Mfd.

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24. Gideon, s. Benj., 14, m. 1. Jane Wilson, of Chatham, Mass.,
in 1759, who d. April 1, 1816, ae. 84, and 2. Tamar Cushing, of
Pemb., Oct, 28, 1816, and d. in Mattapoisett, Mar. 9, 1826, ae. 88.
He was a ship-builder by trade ; a man of enterprise and integ-
rity ; one who stood high in the esteem of the people among whom
he lived ; and who gave to the place an impetus which it yet feels,
and did much to promote its prosperity, ch. : 1. Gideon, Sep. 11,
1760. 2. Mary, Nov. 15, 1762, m. Capt. Nath'l. Pope, of Fair-
haven, and d. in June, 1851, ae. 89. 3. Wilson, June o, 1765.
4. Benj., Aug., 26, 1767, d. unm., in Ap., 1847, ae. 80. 5.
Caleb, and 6. Sarah, Feb. 1, 1770. The former d. Aug. 7, 1794,
and the latter Aug. 4, 1774. 7. Lucy, Mar. 25, 1772, m. Nath'l.
Hammond, Esq., of Matt., and d. Oct. 20, 1802. 8. Sarah, July
1, 1777, m. Rev. Geo. Barstow, Nov. 26, 1801, and is yet living
in S. Bridg'r.

25. Caleb, s. Benj. 14, m. Sylvina Magoun, of Pemb., Nov. 23.
1770, and d. in Windsor, Ct,, Mar. 17, 1800, and his wid. in
Matt., May, 1816, ae. 67. ch. : 1. Caleb, Sept. 1771, m. Alice
McDaniell, of Johnston, R. I., moved to Marietta, Ohio, in 1807,
and d. ab. 1835, leaving ch. He had 12 in all, of whom 4 sur-
vive ; viz. : Lydia, Salvinia, 3£aria, and Isaac. 2. Benj., d.
young. 3. Sylvia, Mar., 1775, d. Oct., 1791. 4. Benj., and 5,
Sarah, Aug. 22, 1776. The latter d. Oct., 1791. 6. Elias, July
3,1779. 7. Achsa, Mar. 17, 1781, m. Saml. Snow, ofProv.,
R. I., Oct. 17, 1798, and has Richard M., 1799, Caleb B., 1801,
and Sylvina, 1803. 8. Isaac, Oct. 1783, m. a Walker, and
lives in Ohio. 9. Wm.,Dec, 1785. 10. Nath'l., Ap. 28, 1788.

26. Alpheus, s. John 16, m. Content Carter, and lived in
Leydcn, Mass. Had 5 das. and 2 sons, of whom a son John
lives in L.

27. Samuel, s. John 16, m. 1, Mary Adams ; ? 2, Hannah
Spaulding, Ap. 11, 1779, whod, Mar. 9, 1788, ae. 33, and 3, Amy
Fitch, of Lisbon. Ct., Ap. 16, 1790, and d. in Cant'y, Ct,, July 17,
1822, ae. 72, and his wid. Dec. 24, 1845, ae. 92. ch. : 1. Curtis,
Sep. 5, 1782. 2. Simon, Ap. 12, 1784. 3. Orra, Mar. 24,
1786, ra. Gad Bulkley, Esq., of Canterbury, (Merchant, of the
firm of Tainter and Bulkley,) in 1805, and has 4 ch., Adaline,

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Jho. W., Sam9 1. B., and Simon S. The first 3 are m. and have
children. 4. Spaulding, Feb. 27, 1783. ( By 2d. ) 5. Benj.
F., Jan 10. 1792, d. at S. Ainboy, N. J., Mar. 7, 1852, from
injuries rec'd. as he was stepping into the cars, on his way to Md.
His home had been in Misso., where, at the time of his death, he
held the off. of U. S. Marshall. He was intelligent and gentle-
manly. Notm. 6. Elisha P., Aug. 15,1793. 7. John, Nov. 2,
1795. 8. Susan P., Oct. 5, 1797, m. Isaac Backus, Esq., of
Cant'y., Ct., Ap. 30, 1817, the sen'r part'r of the firm of Backus
& Barstow, dealers in Hardware, Ag'l. Imp'ts., &c, in Nor-
wich and Cant'y., Ct. They have a large Foundry and Machine-
shop in Cant' v.

28. John, s John 16, m. Susannah Smith, of Cant'y., Ct., was
Dea. of the Church there, and " for ab. 50 y'rs. was never absent
from meeting but one Sabbath. His minister said, " I can set my
watch correctly when I see Dea. B. coming to meeting." For
ab. 20 y'rs. he was Selectman of Cant'y. He d. Dec. 9, 1838,
ae. 86, and his w. Sep. 14, 1829, ae. 73. ch. : 1. Bethiah,
m.Eph'm. Palmer, of Scot'cl, Ct., had 3 ch. who are m. and have
ch., and she lives a wid. with her only s. Alfred. 2. Septimus,
Dec. 16, 1781. 3. Luther, 1785, ? grad. B. XL, 1807, sett, as a
lawyer, in Homer, N. Y., and d. Aug. 12, 1817, ae. 33, on a
visit to his father's. 4. Calvin. 5. Ebenezer, Sep. 12, 1788.
6. Zedekiah S.

29. Hezekiah, s. John 16, m. Olive Bradford, and lived in Ct.,
on the old homestead, where he d. ch. : 1. Olive, m. a Kobin-
son. 2. Susan, m. a Park. 3. Sophia, m. Russell Park, and
sett, in Pa. 4. Elizab., m. Samuel Henry. 5. Jerusha, m.
Judge Lyon, of Cant'y. 6. Hezekiah, of Cant'y, lives on his
father's place. 7. Polly m. a Palmer. 8. Anne, m. a Morse,
of Cant'y.

30. Ebenezer, s. John 16, lived in Shelburne, Vt., near Lake
Champlain, m. Esther Owen, of Colchester, and d. Mar. 30, 1 834,
having had ch. : 1. Anna, m. Theodore Catlin, of Burlington, Vt.,
and has 8 ch. 2. Elisha, m. Betsy Hollabird ? and had Martha,
Mary, and an inf. son, d. 3. Herman, m. Laura Lyon, of Shel-
burne, Vt., and has Matilda, Homer, Laura, Hiram, Marietta, Les-

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ter, and Rollin. 4. John, m. Matilda Crossinan, of Burlington, Vt.,
and has Rufus, Fayette, George, Matilda, and others. 5. Sophia,
m, Ed. Irish, and has 8 ch. 6. Laura, m. Benj. Irish, and has

2 ch. 7. Jarvis, m. Pamelia Blin, and has Cordelia, Lemira, and
Samuel. 8. Lucy, m. Dan'l P. Adams, of Colchester, Vt., and
has 2 ch., of whom the songrad. at the Univ'y. of Vt. 9. Jerusha,
not m. 10, Ira, is m., has ch., and lives in Colchester, Vt. 11.
George, is m., and lives in Burlington, Vt.

31. Job, s. John 16, m. Lurania Curtis, lived in , and

had 1. Fred'k. of Hinsdale, Mass., has Andrew, John, and Henry,
all in Ohio. 2. Job, of Williamsville, Erie Co., N. Y., has
Samuel L. 3. John C, Mar. 1797, Judge of Chester, Meigs
Co., Ohio, is m. and has Levi S., Joseph D., and Henry P.
Lost 3, d. young. 4. Sam'l. L., d. ae. 12. 5. Marcus L., at

Coolville, Athens Co., Ohio, has Marcus P. There were

4 das., but their names have not been sent.

32. Wm. A., s. John 16, m. 1, Katharine Spaulding, and 2,
Sally Hall, and sett, first in Plainfield, Ct., and then in Ohio, where
he deleaving ch., among whom was a son, who was drowned some
years since, while acting as Agent for removing the Indians be-
yond the Miss'i. We understand that there were 12 ch. in all,
viz : 7 sons and 5 das.

33. Joshua, s. Josh. 17, m. Marg't. Bonney, of Pemb., Sep. 23,
1773, and conducted the Forge known as Barstow's Forge, until
his removal to Exeter, N. H., ab. 1795, where he d. Dec. 22,
1821, ae. 73, and his wid. Oct. 26, 1825, ae. 80. ch. : b. in H.
1. Ezek'l., July 23, 1774. 2. Betsey, Dec. 12, 1776, m. Simon
Magoun, Esq., of E. Kgs'n., N. H., and d. in 1840, having had
9 ch., of whom Josh. B., was an eminent M. D., at Woodville,
Miss., where he d. in 1838, and Cyrus S. is also an M. D., and
Sup' t. of the State Hosp'l. at Natchez, Miss. 3. Marg't., Sep. 5,
1780, m. Wm. Graves, and d. at Gilmanton, N. H., 1817, leaving

3 ch. 4. Joshua, Ap, 6, 1782, m. Hannah Webster, of E. Kgs'n.
and d. in 1811, leaving 2 das. 5. Calvin, June 10,1784, d. ae.
12. \6. Charles C, Jan. 25, 1786. 7. Sophia, bap. Sep. 18,
1788, m. Brackett Johnson, of Ports'h., N. II., and d. in 1814,
leaving an inf. son.

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34. Lt. Sam'l., s. Dea. Sam'l. 18, m. 1, Hulclah House, Jan.
27, 1759, and 2, Sibyl Hatch, Jan. 15, 1792, who d. Mar. 25,
1820, ae. 79, and he May 4, 1826, ae. 92. Lived in H., on King
st., and is described as " a man of infinite jest ; spry as a boy,
even at the age of 70, and as full of his jokes." He was Select-
man from 1765-'67— in 1772, and in 1776, and '77. ch. : 1. Sam'l.,
July 15, 1757, d. in the Rev. Army, at Rox'y, Jan. 31. 1776.
2. Job, Oct., 17, 1758, d. unm., in Sharon, Ct., in 1790. 3. Jo-
seph, July 10, J 760. 4. HTildah, July 29, 1763, m. Asa Towns-
end, Dec. 7, 1796. 5. Philip, Feb. 29, d. Dec. 28, 1765.
6. House, Aug. 16, 1767, d. young.

35. Charles, s. Dea. Sam'l. 18, m. Sally Stockbridge ? and
lived and d. in Taunton, Mass., over 50 yrs. ago. ch. : 1. Charles,
d. unm. 2. Stockbridge, m. a Carver, and left a son Charles,
now living in T. 3. Sally, m. a Carver. 4. Lydia, not m.

36. Seth, s. Dea. Sam'l. 18, m. Ruth Allen, of Martha's Vine-
yard, where he lived for a time, and thence moved to Mattapoisctt,
and thence to Sharon, Ct., in 1777, where he d. in 1822, and his
wife in 1816. He was a shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Allen,
Sep. 2, 1767. 2. Peggy, Sep. 1769, m. Dan'l Lindsley, ab. 1793,
and d. ab. 1822, leaving ch. 3. Olive, Nov., 1771, m. Silas St.
John, in 1795, and is living in Sharon, Ct. 4. Mary, Feb., 1775,
m. Reuben Calkins, and d. ab. 1837, leaving ch. 5. Samuel,
May, 1777. 6. Seth T., Oct. 30, 1779. 7. Betsey, Dec, 1781,
m. Thos. B. Beebe, and d. ab. 1847, leaving ch. 8. Gamaliel
H., 1783? 9. Charles, 1787, was m., and d. in 1816, leaving
1 daughter.

37. Capt. Daniel, s. Dea. Sam'l. 18, m. Betsey Tilden, July 4,
1771, who d. Mar. 8, 1826, ae. 77, and he Feb. 25, 1842, ae. 98.
Lived on King st., where his son Daniel resides. He is described
by Hon. G. H. Barstow, as " a gent, of the old school, dressed in
cocked hat, long blue coat, breeches, and long boots, fastened at
the knee by a strap and buckle." This was in 1809. He was
Selectman in 1786, and Capt. of one of the old Military Com-
panies prior to 1800. ch. : 1. Betty, Aug. 1, 1772, m. Walter
Rogers, Mf'd., Oct. 21, 1794. 2. Dan'l., Ap. 28, 1774. 3. Lucy,
Aug. 21, 1777, m. Barnab. Stetson, Ab'n., Oct. 10, 1802.

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4. Sally, and 5. Grace, July 30, 1780. The latter d. May 12,
1849. * 6. Lydia, Oct. IT, 1786, d. May 12, 1822. 7. Nabby,
June 27, 1791, in. Eph'm Stetson, Ab'n., Dec. 21, 1813.

38. Michael, s. Joseph 19, according to letters received from Geo.
Barstow, Esq., of N.Y., was a gunner in the Rev. Army, and was
at the battle of Bunker Hill, in the Regt. of Col. Trott, of Hebron,
Ct., and afterwards was at Trenton and Monmouth, also at Prince-
ton and White Plains. He was in the army 6 yrs., and was in
the celebrated winter encampment at Valley Forge. Leaving
" the tented field," he m. Ruth, only da. of Capt. Abbot, of
" Lebanon Crank, Ct.," ( a shipmaster, who was shot on the deck
of his own vessel in an engagement, ) and bro. of Dr. Walter
Abbot, of Salem, Mass. Her mo., after her husband's decease,
lived in Thetforcl, Vt., m. Dea. Avery, and moved to Orford, N.
H., where they " kept about the first public house in that town,"
She d. in Thetford, ae. 92. Mr. Barstow, after his m., moved
first to Campton, N. H., and thence to Haverhill, N. H., where
he d. June 28, 1837, ae. 85, and his wid. 3 mos. after, ae. 84.
In person, he was of a medium size, with a " Roman face and
nose ;" a large, high, broad forehead ; a head of fine brown hair,
which flowed down and curled around his neck ; and at the age of
60 he had not one grey hair. He was exceedingly athletic and
nimble ; and at the age of 70, stood upon a level piece of ground,
and sprang upon the back of a wild colt that had never been ridden.
At the age of 84, he mowed in the field all the forenoon, with his
hired man. He received a pension from Gov't., for many years
previous to his decease. " The prominent traits in his character
were courage and piety ; and he died as he had lived, a Christian
soldier, and an honest man." ch. : 1. Wm.; 2. Henry; 3. Chas.
4. Thomas ; 5. Nancy, d. ; 6. Ruth, d.

39. Dea. Samuel, s. Joseph 19, m. Lucina Wright, of Colum-
bia, Ct., Dec. 13, 1781, and sett, on a sterile tract of land, in the
outskirts of the town of C, where he spent his days, in frugality
and industry, and accumulated, by his own labor, an estate of
$30,000. He d. Feb. 27, 1846, ae. 86, and his widow still sur-
vives, at the age of 88 ; her descendants being so numerous, that
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tli j daughter's daughter hath a daughter." She is bright, and
intelligent, and takes the charge of her own household, and of her
invalid son, doing much of the labor herself, and is a highly
worthy and respectable lady. She was m. at the early age of 16.

Her husband was chosen Dea. of the Ch., in C, in 1802, and his
religious character is ably set forth in the interesting Tract, No.
112, yub. by the Am. Tr. Ass'n. He was of a cheerful disposi-
tion, liberal to the poor, upright in all his conduct, and a " con-
sistent Christian." His death was peaceful, and the consolations
of Christian hope attended him to the last. ch. : 1. Lydia, Dec.
13, 1782, m. Dea. Benj. Lyman, of Columbia. 2. Elvira, Nov. 4,
1784, m. Oliver Payne, of Lebanon, Ct. 8. Randall, Oct. 13,
1786. 4. Sally, Sep. 19, 1788. 5. Hubbard, July 5, 1791.
6. Lucian, July 10, 1793, m. a da. of Chester Hunt, of Windham,
Ct., and d. in 1819, leaving 1 da. 7. Sam'L, July 15, 1797, an
invalid. 8. George, d. in 1819, ae. 21.

40. Thomas, s. Thos 21, sett, in Scit., on the farm known as
the Fox Hill Farm, adjoining the North River, where some of his
descendants still reside. Like his ancestors, he was engaged
principally in shipbuilding, at the family yards on the North
River. He m. Lydia Sylvester, and d. Sep. 1, 1884, and his
wicl. Jan. 19, 1840. ch. : 1. Thos., Jan. 2, 1783. 2. Lydia,
Aug. 29, 1785, m. Thos. Green, of N. Bed., Mass., who d. She
yet lives in N. B., and her son, Thos. Barstow Green, in S. Scit.
3. Minor, Feb. 27, 1788, d. in Scit., Dec. 17, 1846. 4. Re-
becca, Oct. 24, 1790, m. Gideon Richmond, of N. Bed., and has
1 son in N. B. 5. Barker, May 12, 1793, d. Oct. 1, 1811.
6. Olive S., Aug. 3, 1795, m. Capt. Thos. Waterman, of S.
Scituate.

41. Nath'l., s. Thos. 21, m. Elizab., da. Hon. Joseph dishing,
of H., Aug. 81, 1786, and sett, in Me., where he d. in 1798.
He was engaged in ship-building, on the Damariscotta river,
ch. : 1. Betsy C, bap. Sep. 14, 1788, m. Gilbert Brooks, of Scit.,
and d. in Medford, no ch. 2. Deborah, bap. July 11, 1790, d.
unm., in Camden,' Me. 3. Mary, bap. May 22, 1791, m. 1, Rev.
Thos. Cjshran, of Cam den, Oct. 10, 1808, and had ch. ; and 2

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Ralph Conway, and lives in C. 4. Joseph C, lived and d.
in Litchfield, Me. ; was m., and had ch. 5. Nath'l. ? in Me.
6. Ruth.

^/ m. Betsey, da. of

Capt. Robt. L. Eells, and is yetliving in H,in the 90th year of his
age, ab. \ of a mile S.W. of the Four Corners, on his farm, known
as the " Broad Oak Farm," and in the house built by himself, in
1799. He has been a valuable citizen ; an enterprising ship-
builder ; was Selectman in 1797 and '98 ; Representative from
1808 to 1810 ; and has held the military offices of Lieut., Capt.,
Major, and Col. ; and though now the frosts of 90 winters have
gathered upon his brow, and the infirmities of age are upon him,
his mind retains, to a remarkable degree, the power of memory,
and we have derived from him valuable aid in the preparation of
some portion of this work. His w. d. in 1851, in the 91st yeaf
of her age. ch. : 1. Sarah, May 21, 1788, m. Joseph, S. Bates,
Oct. 2, 1820, and lives on Broadway. 2. Betsey E., Sep. 22,
1789, living with her fa. 3. John, Feb. 17, 1791. 4. Jane,
July 24, 1792, m. David Hersey, of H., Nov. 12, 1816, and d.
Ap. 4, 1847. 5. Hannah, Jan. 27, 1794, living with her fa.
6. Edward, Aug. 27,1795. 7. Robert, Feb. 1, 1757, d. unm.,
in Falmouth, Eng'd., in 1818. Mariner. 8. Capt. Benjamin,
Dec. 15, 1799. Has been sett, as a merchant, at the South, but
is now a shipmaster, in N.'Y. Not. m. 9. Salome, July 24,
1801, m, Capt. Havilancl Torrey, of Pemb., Oct. 1, 1826, and
has had 5 ch., of whom are living 2 sons, Benj. Barstoiv, and
Herbert.

43. Dea. Elijah, s. Thos. 21, m. 1, Lucy, da. Capt. Robt. L.
Eells, Nov. 8, 1798, who d., and 2, Diana Everson, of Kigs'n.
Lived in Scit., on his father's place ; was a shipbuilder, and
farmer ; and for many }Tears Dea. of the central Church in
H. He d. in 1842, and his wid. returned to Kigs'n. ch. :
1. Nath'L, Aug. 16, 1799. 2. Lucy E., bap. June 6, 1801,
m. Ozen Josselyn, now of Bos'n. 3. Elijah, bap. Sep., 28, 1806.
4. Edwin. 5. Abby, m. Capt. Thos. H. C. Barstow, of H.
6. Andrew.

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44. James, s. James 22, m. Sarah Leavitt, of Pemb., and was
killed during the great gale of Sep. 23, 1815, at Kigs'n., by the
fall of a plank from the staging of a ship, on which he was at work.
ch. : 1. James, Nov. 25, 1T86. 2. Calvin, July 26, 1791.

3. John. 4. Solomon, d. unm. 5. Sally, m. 1, a Gibbs ; 2, a
Freeman ; and 3, a Bryant. 6. Rhoda, d. ae. 15. 7. Betsey,
m. 1, Elisha C. Stetson, of II., Jan. 14, 1816, who d. ; and 2,
Lewis Litchfield, and lives in LI. 8. Ruth K., m. Elijah S.
Ewell, Oct. 29, 1815. 9. Charlotte, m. Marcus Robinson, of E.
Bridg'r., Ap. 29, 1820. 10. Joanna, m. Stephen Faunce, of
Pemb.

45. Joseph, s. James 22, m. Lydia Soule, of Lux'y, July 16,
1786, and d. in D., July 15, 1834, and his wife Jan. 31, 1812.
ch : 1. Joseph, Aug. 14, 1787, m. Nancy, da. Capt. Eden Wads-
worth, of D., Ap. 22, 1812, andd. in Prov., R. L, Ap. 22,1813,
leaving a da., Beulali IF!, who m. Francis Barstow, of Matta-
poisett. 2. Peleg, Oct. 22, 1788, m. Mary Bobbins, of Va., in
1810, and his w. is d. No ch. 3. Samuel, Nov. 8, 1791.

4. Mehitable, Jan. 17, 1793, m. Joseph Rowland, of Hanson, Ap.
9, 1815. 5. Ichabod, Mar. 15, 1794. 6. Richard, Mar. 26.
1796. 7. George, Sep. 28, 1798. 8. Susan, Jan. 9, 1801, m.
John Washburn, of Kigs'n., Sep. 18, 1817, and lives in Matt't.
9. Wilson, Feb. 11, 1803. 10. Briggs, May 11, 1805. 11.
Daniel, July 23, 1807, d. in 1834. Left no ch. 12. Thos. Sep.
12, 1809, is m., and lives in Hudson^". Y. 13. Lydia S., Jan.
4, 1812, m. Chas. Curtis, of E. Ab'n.

46. Wm., s. Jas. 22, m. Lydia Simmons, and lived in
Pemb. ch. : 1. Benj. 2. Wm. 3. Jehiel, is m., and lives in
Provincetown, Mass. 4. Lewis. 5. Lydia, m. Levi Washburn,
E. Bridg'r. 6. Ruth, d. ae. 23. 7. Rogers L., July 15, 1811.

47. Rev. George, s. James, 22, grad. at B. XL, in 1801,
" holding a high and respectable standing in his class ;" studied
Theol. with Rev. Perez Forbes, of Raynham ; and sett., in 1803,
in that part of Pemb. now H'n., where he was devoted to his pro-
fession, and discharged its duties to the acceptance of his people,
until his death, which took place, Feb. 11, 1826, ae. 51. He m.
Sarah, da. Gideon Barstow, of Rochester, Nov. 26, 1801, and

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she survives, and resides in Bridg'r. ch. : 1. George W., Aug.

13, 1802. Fitted for Coll., was afterwards Cl'k., in Bos'n., and

there d. July 23, 1834. 2. Sarah W., Sep. 2, 1805, m. Nahum

Stetson, Esq., s. Capt. Abisha Stetson, Nov. 13, 1828, and d.

Aug. 17, 1842, having had George B., Oct. 10, 1830. Sarah L..

June 7, 1834. Nahum, jr., Dec. 14, 1836, and Wm. B., Mar.

20, 1839. 3. Jane W., Dec. 8, 1810, m. Capt. Edwin W.

Barstow, Sep. 11, 1834. 4. Lucy A. F., Jan. 4, 1818, m. Na-

hum Stetson Esq., July 4, 1823, and has Lucy A., Oct. 12, 1848,

and Helen F., Dec. 16, 1850. ( I

■ Note. — Mr. S. is the intelligent, and gentlemanly Agent of the Iron
Works, at S. Bridg'r. and also of the Wey'h. Works, and as a man of business
enterprise, has feAV equals in the State. He was Rep. lo the State Leg.,
from 1837-39; Director of the F. R. R. R. ; President of the Bristol Co.
Bank ; and Director of the Cape Cod R. R. ; and in the walks of private
life, for integrity, courtesy, affability, hospitality, and all the qualities which
make up the true gentleman, he is well known to all who have the pleasure
of his acquaintance.

48. Jacob, s. Jacob 23, m. a Young, of Scit., lived in Bos'n.
and was prob. owner, with Alex. Vannevar, of a tomb in
Copp's hill burial ground, in 1819. ch. : 1. Jacob, m., lived in
Boston, and was Inspector of Fish, of the firm of Barstow and
Vinton, and d. in B., leaving ch. 2. Alice, m. a Pierce. 3.
Abigail, m. Calvin Lewis, of Mf'd.

49. Charles, s. Jacob 23, m. Abigail, or Nabby Perry, of Perab.,
Ap. 10, 1796, and d. May 4, 1829, and his wid. yet survives,
ch. : 1. Burden, Dec. 15, 1797, d. unm., in N. Orleans, in 1830.
2. Wm. C, May 9, 1801. 3. Abigail, or Nabby, Sep. 20, 1803,
m. Wm. Josselyn, of Pemb., Oct. 10, 1822. 4. Charles, Aug. 13,
1805. 5. Thos. H. C. 6. Caroline, m. John O. Hudson, of E.
Bridg'r., Feb. 4, 1833.

50. Gideon, s. Gideon 24, m. 1, Ann Mead, Oct., 1782, who d.
Sep. 12, 1798 ; and 2, Deborah Loring, May, 1800, and d. in
Matt't., Feb. 3, 1849, ae. 88, and his wid. in June, 1851, ae. 79.
Lived in Mattapoisett, was a shipbuilder by trade, and was a
member of the Convention for revising the Const'n. of Mass.,
in 1820. ch. : 1. Gideon, Sep. 7, 1783. 2. Jane, Oct. 31, 1785,
m. Dan'l. B. Loring, in 1805, and d. in Aug., 1813, leaving Mary,
who m. Western G. Robinson, of Fairhaven, and Ami, who m.

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James Robinson, of F. 3. Samuel, Dec. 15, 1787, d. May 27,
1803. 4. Zaccheus M., Jan. 1, 1790. Living in M., unm,
5. Anne, Mar. 25, d. Dec. 5, 1792. 6. Mary, Sep. 28, 1793, d.
Oct. 6, 1801. 7. Benjamin, Feb. 18, 1796. 8. Wilson, Feb.
17, 1798.

51. Wilson, s. Gideon, 24, m. Susanna P., da. Rev. Jona,
Moore, of Roch'r, Mass., Oct. 30, 1791, and lived first in Matt't,
and then in N. Y., where he d. Jan. 20, 1850, ae. 84, and his
wife Ap. 3, 1848, ae. 78. Mr. B. was for some years a ship-
master, and for about 20 years, an extensive ship-builder, in the
place of his nativity ; — in private life, distinguished for his bene-
volent character, and the activity of his mind ; and publicly, for
his energy in business, and his integrity. Like many others, who
were engaged in active affairs from 1800 to 1805, he suffered
severely from the check in business which followed the Embargo
Act of 1807, and from the reverses incident to that event, he
never after fully recovered, ch. : 1. Susanna P., May 22, 1798,
d. 1798. 2. Caleb, Mar. 8, 1795. 3. Lucy, Mar. 3, 1797, d.
ae. 7. 4. Jona. M., Mar. 25, 1799, d, jji N. Or's., Jan. 19,
1826, being Cl'k. of a Count'g. House, in N. O. 5. Henry W.
Mar. 7, 1801. 6. Wm. P., Ap. 20, 1803. Drowned, Dec. 28,
1829, on his passage from Trieste to N. Y'k. He was a ship-
master. 7. Sam'L, June 9, 1805. 8. Anna S., Oct. 23. 1810,
m. Joshua L. Pope, Merch't., of N. Y'k., and has 3 sons and
2 daughters.

52. Benja., s. Caleb 25, m. Rebecca Hammond, Ap. 25, 1800,
and lives in Matt't., where, and in N. Bedf 'd., he has been dis-
tinguished as a master shipbuilder. He has been Rep. from
Roch'r to the Gen. Court, ch. : 1. Benj. F. Mar. 28, 1801.
2. Caroline, Jan. 24, 1803, d. Sep. 3, 1804. 3. Edwin, June 15,
1805, d. Mar. 26, 1824. 4. Nathan H., Oct, 5, 1807. 5. Caro-
line, Dec. 19, 1812, d. Sep. 25, 1813. 6. Elizab. P., Nov. 28,
1814, d. Dec. 13, 1816. 7. Henry, Dec. 3, 1817. 8. Susan C,
May 29, 1820, m. David H. Cannon, of Matt't., and h&sMary R.,
May 18, 1852.

53. Elias, s. Caleb 25, m. Mary, da. John and Rebecca Wood,
Sep. 14, 1800, and d. in Prov. R. I., Oct. 28, 1840, and hisw.

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who was b. Dec. 21, 1778, d. May 25, 1834. He was a ship-
wright by trade, and built a number of vessels in Prov. He was a
strictly temperate man through life, and a Trustee of the Meth.
Ch., to which office he was elected in 1821. ch. : 1. Ann E.
Aug. 9, 1801, m. Thos. Hathaway, Dec. 25, 1821, lives in Prov.,
and has Ann E., 1822, Thos. Z., 1824, Sarah A, 1826, Ellas B.,
1829, Wm. H„ 1835, and AchsahB., 1838. 2. Edwin, Ap. 14,
1803. 4. Elias, Feb. 26, 1805. 4. Thos. Oct. 16, 1807.
5. Rebecca W., Ap. 4, 1810. 6. Wm, July 10, 1812. 7. Sarah
B., July 6, 1814, m. Allen F. Manchester, of Prov., Feb. 2, 1834,
and has Mary B., 1834, Sarah F, 1837, Geo. F., '39, Julia G.,
'41, Abby K, '43, Thos. A., '45, Emma M., '49, and Albert C,
'50. 8/Achsa, Dec. 22, 1816.

54. Wm,,s. Caleb 25, m. Waity Reynolds, of Wickford, R. I.,
ab. 1809, and has been a clergyman of the Meth. denom., but
owing to the loss of his voice, has been unable, for some years, to
attend to the duties of his profession. He lives in Philad. ch. :
1. Elizab., d. young. 2. Wm., d. young. 3. Sarah, m. Rev.
Josiah Litch, in 1836%and has 2 ch. living, Wilbur F., and Josiah
L. 4. Joseph S., d. young. 5. Joseph M., Mar., 1824, A
dentist by profession, arid is living in Philad., unm.

55. Nath'L, s. Caleb 25, m. 1, Sophia Chaffee, Dec. 2, 1810,
who was b. Nov. 25, 1792, and d. July 6, 1817 ; and 2, Martha
Randall, May 4, 1818, who was b. Nov. 6, 1791. Mr. B. d. in
Providence, Nov. 3, 1849, and his wid. survives. He was a man
of respectability, ch. : 1. Nathan C, Feb. 16, d. June 1, 1812.

3. Hon'l. Amos C, Ap. 30, 1813. 3. Paris, Nov. 25, 1815.
Lost at sea, Dec. 15, 1830, — a bright and promising youth. (By
2d.) 4. Eph'm. R., Sep. 21, 1819.

56. Curtis, s. Sam'l 27, m. Eliza, da. Jno. Parker, of Cant'y.
Ct., in 1812, and d. July 4, 1826, ae. 44. ch. : 1. Hannah,
i813, d. in Norwich. 2. George, 1815rd. in N., July 20, 1852,
leaving a wid. and 2 ch. 3. Eunice, 1818, d. Dec. 5, 1834,

4. Katharine, 1819, d. young. 5. Martha, 1821. Living in
Norwich. 6. Orra, 1823. Living in N. 7. Charles, 1825.
Living in N.

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57. Simon, s. Sam'l, 27, grad. B. U., 1808, but having the
misfortune to lose the sight of one eye, he relinquished his design
of stud. Thool, and sett, in Delaware, as a Teacher ; m. Hannah
Frazier, of D., Aug. 24, 1818, and d, at Wilmington, Oct. 24,
and his wid. at Newcastle, Del., Aug. 26, 1829, ae. 40. ch. : 1.
Sam'l., Sep. 8, 1819. Lives in Woonsocket, R. I. 2. Hannah
S., May 23, 1821, m. A. J. Bulkley, and lives in Louisville, K'y.
3. Elizab. V., May 11, 1824, d. Feb. 3, 1828.

58. Spaulding, s. Sam'l. 27, m. Temperance E. Holmes, da.
Dr. H., of Woodstock, Ct., who d. June 14, 1823, ae. 25. ch. :

1. Sarah S., m. Col. Geo. Saltonstall Stoddard, of W. 2. Emma,
m. Rev. Geo. Langdon, A.M., of Hartford, Ct., and has 3 ch.
3. Mary E.. d.

59. Eiisha P., s. Sam'l. 30, m. Mary P., da. Andrew and Mary
Rogers, of Augusta, Me., and d. in Cant'y., Ct, Sep. 28, 1850,
ae. 57. ch. : 1. John P., of Norwich, Ct., m. Abig. T. da. Geo.
and Lucretia R. Sharpe, of Pomfret, Ct, Aug. 28, 1850, and is
engaged in the mf. and sale of Hardware, being of the firm of
Backus and Barstow, of N. 2. Susan B., m. Arthur F. Drink-
water, Esq., lawyer, of Ellsworth, Me, Sep. 18, 1848. 3. Mary
F., m. John Backus, of Norwich, Ct., Aug. 21, 1851. 4. Elizab.
R., 1841. Lives with her mother, in Ct.

60. John, s. Sam'l. 27, m. 1, Harriet, da. Josiah and Sarah
Parkes, of Cant'y., Ct., Mar. 1818, who d. Sep. 27, 1822, ae. 23 ;

2. Eliza S., da. Dr. Jno. Fitch, of Clinton, N. Y., who d. at
Bridgeport, Ct., June 3, 1840 ; and 3, Jane. da. Dr. John Fitch,
in 1841. Mr. B. lives in Bridgeport, Ct. ch. : 1. Josiah P.,
July 6, 1821, d. July 7, 1822. (By 2d.) 2. John F., in Cal'a.

3. Samuel. F., at Williamstown Coll., Mass. 4. Isaac B., d.
5. Charles. 6. Simon, printer, at Jamestown, N. Y. (By 3d.)
7. Kate. 8. Harriet E. 9. Susan B. 10. Wm. F.

61. Septimus, s. John 28, m. and lived in Hadley, Mass., where
he d. Dec. 16, 1843, ae. 42. ch. : 1. Luther. 2. Elias B.
3. Olive C. 4. Orrelia. 5. Harriet. 6. Susan, d. 1851.

62. Calvin, s. John 28, m. Orra Herrick, of Cant'y., Ct. ch. : 1.
Luther. 2. Olive. 3. John. 4. Harriet. 5. Emma.

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63. Ebanezer, s. John 23, in. Lucy Learned, of New Braintree,
Mass., Sep. 12, 1811, and lives in Scotland, Ct. ch. : 1. Fidelia,
m. Jno. A. Kello<r<r, of Yt., who d. in 1846, and she is a wid. with
4 ch., in Miss'o. 2. Sarah L., m. Homer Thayer, of Thompson,
Ct., lives in E. Douglass, Mass., and had 1 ch., wh. d. 3. Timo.
D., was a merchant, at St. Louis, Mo., where he d. May 23, 1852,
ae. 31. 4. Martin Luther, 1833, with his fa.

64. Rev. Zedekiah S., s. John 28, grad. at Yale, 1813., stud.
Theol. at N. Haven, under Rev. Pres. D wight, and taught Hop-
kins Acad., in N. Haven, until licensed to preach. Thence went
.to N. Y'k., and was Ass't. in the High School, under the care of
Jno. Griscom, LL.D., and in 1816 and '17, was Tutor at Ham.
Coll., N. Y., during which period, a second A. M. degree was con-
ferred upon him. During his last year at Ham. Coll., Pres't.
Backus, decs'd., and Mr. B. preached in the chapel to the students,
until Pres't. Davis was chosen, in Aug., 1817. In Feb. 1818, he
rec'd. a call to sett, at Keene, N. H., and July 1, was ord. as
Pastor of the Ch. in that place, where he yet remains, having en-
joyed such health as to he prevented from preaching but four
Sabbaths in 34 years ! He has been, for twenty years, a memb. of
the Board of Kimball Acad'y. ; of the Board of Dart. Coll., since
1834, at which Coll. the degree ofD.D., was conferred upon him,
in 1849 ; Trustee and Sec'}7", of Keene Acad., since its inst'n. ;
many years Sec'y. of the Gen'l. Ass'n. of Cong, and Presb. Min's.,
of N. H. ; Cl'k of the Cheshire Conf. of Ch's., for 20 years ; a
Corp. Memb. of the A. B. C. F. M. ; and one of the Sup. Com. of
the Pub. Schools of Keene, for 30 years. He m. Elizab. F. Blake,
of Westboro'.Mass., Aug. 19, 1818, and has 1. Timo. D., July 17,
d. Dec. 22, 1820. 2. Wm, Sept. 8, 1822. Grad. A. B., in 1842,
A. M.,1845, and M. D., 1848, and is in Cal'a. 3. Elizab. W.,
July 24, 1824, d. Jan. 3, 1832. 4. Josiah W., June 21, 1826.
Grad. A.B., 1846, and M. D., 1852, and is Ass't, Phys'n. of the
Hosp'l. at Blackwell's Island, N. Y. 5. John, Feb. 21, 1828,
lived but 1 hour.

Go. Ezekiel, s. Joshua 33, m. Mary Conner, of Exeter, N*H.,
Nov. 28, 1799, and returned to Hanover, his native place, in
1805, and there d. Jan. 10, 1815, and his wid. and clu returned

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to Exeter, where she d. Oct. 4, 1845, ae. 67. ch. : 1. Almira,
Sep. 27, 1800, m. a Collins, of New Lond'n., Ct. Noch. 2. Mary
J., Feb. 10, 1803, m. a Nichols, of Haverhill, Mass., and has 7 ch.
3. John C, Feb. 6, 1805, m. Lucretia Moore, of Danvers, Mass.,
and is sett, as a farmer, in Groton, N. H. No ch. 4. Joshua,
Mar. (3, 1808, d. in Oroquimbo, Texas, in 1836. 5, Marg't. F.,
Mar. 27, 1810. An instructress, in Alabama. 6. Ezekiel Hale,
May 17, 1815.

66. Chas. C, s. Joshua 33, m. Sophia, da. Chas. Fanning, Esq.,
of Griswold, Ct., Jan. 1, 1809, and d. in Dover, N. H., Jan. 31
1828, and his wicl. in Kgs'm, N. FL, Dec. 23, 1833, ae. 52. ch. :'
1. Catherine, Sep. 18, 1810, m. Benj.Magoun,of Kgs'n., in 1830,
and d. Oct, 29, 1838. No ch. 2. Mariah, May 3, 1812, d.
June 4, 1814. 3. Charles, Ap. 28, 1814, m. Martha M. Taylor,
of Bangor, Me., is Cl'k. in Bos'n., and has Annie _Z)., and another
ch. 4. Frederick, Mar. 7, 1816, d. in Chas'n., S. C, Sep. 12,
1838. 5. Henry H., Mar. 6, 1819, cl. June 21, 1822. 6. Ari-
annah, Feb. 20, 1821, m. Aaron Whittemore, Esq., of Pemb., N.
H., Dec. 13, 1840, and has Sophia F,, '42, Ariannah B., '44,
Aaron !>., '46, d. '49, Aaron, '49, Adaline, '50, and Jho.
C, '52. 7. Henry H., Sep. 23, 1823, m. a Holloway, of Eng'd.,
resides in Palermo, Sicily, and has 2 ch. 8. Marg't. A., Mar,
20, 1825, m. J. M. Turner, in 1842, lives in Warren, Pa., and
has 3 ch.

67. Joseph, s. Lt. Samuel 34, m. 1, Mary Hatch, of Pemb. t
Ap. 11, 1782, and 2, wid. Tufts, and lived in Cornish, Yt>, where
he and his w. d. ch. : 1. Anne, Aug, 5, 1785. 2. Capt Sam'l.?
Feb. 27, 1788, m. Elenor Jewell, and, with his w., d. in N. Y'k.„
leaving no ch. 3. Job, May 19, 1790. 4. Joseph, May 13?
1795. Drowned in the TV\ Indies. 5. Jas. H., July 5, 1798.
6. Nancy, m. a Chamberlin. 7. Polly, m. a Chace.

68. Allen, s. Seth 36, m. Olive Foster, of Sharon, Ct, in 1794,
and lives in Canaan, N. Y. His wid. d. ab. 1845. ch. : Two da's.,
who d. in infancy, and of the sons, 1. David F., Esq., lawyer, of
Towanda, Pa., b. Nov. 1795, m. Amelia Mix, and has a son
Henry, and a daughter, both young. 2. Sam'l., b. ab. 1801, is of

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Canaan, N. Y., m. Betsey Douglass, of C, and has Allen, Samueh
Henry, David, Charles, Elizabeth, and Olive.

69. Samuel, s. Seth 36, stud. Med., and sett, first in W. Stock-
bridge, Mass., of which town he was Rep., in 1808 ; and thence
moved to Gr, Barrington, was Senator in 1812, and d. in 1813.
He m. Lavinia Wilson, of Alford, Mass., who d. ab. 1843, in
Nichols, N. Y. ch. : 1. Pluma A., m. Increase Sumner, Esq.,
lawyer, of Gr. Bar'n., and d. ab. 1849, leaving ch. 2. Charles
R., lawyer ; sometime Sheriff of Tioga Co., N. Y. ; memb. of the
Assemb., and P. M, at Oswego ; m. Charlotte Coburn. ab. 1827,
and has Henry, d. ae. 18 ; Sumner, b. ab. 1832 ; Edward,
Samuel, Charles, and 2 daughters. 3. Oliver A., merchant
in Tioga Co., N. Y., m. Frances Palmer, ab. 1837, and has Ed-
mund, Charles, Amelia, and others.

70. Seth T, s. Seth 36, m. Clarissa Woodruff, ofLitchf'd., Ct,,
June 4, 1806, and resided in Bradford Co., Pa., where he d. Sep*
13, 1852, ae. 73. His wid. survives, though in feeble health.
Mr. B. was a favorite pupil of the celebrated Dr. Rush, of Philad. ;
a grad. of the Med. Coll. of that city, and a thoroughly educated
Physician, though he followed that profession but a short time, de-
voting the principal part of his life to trading and farming. He
was an early settler in the valley of the Susquehanna, nearly 50
years ago, and was a man of strong intellect, great energy, and
gentlemanly deportment, ch. : 1. Ellen C, Feb. 17, 1808, d.
Feb. 17, 1833. 2. Erasmus D., Dec. 30, 1809, d. Ap. 19, 1812.

3. Marguerite St. Leon, the distinguished poetess, and authoress
of " Wayside Flowers," &c, b. Ap. 17, 1812, m. John Loud, Esq.,
Nov. 17, 1833, lives in Philad., and has Caroline M. St. L.,
1834, Clara E., 1837, and Darivina F., 1841. 4. Darwina F., Jan.

4, 1815, m. Richard Catlin, May 7, 1834, and lives in Wisconsin.
5 Julius R., Ap. 9, 1817, d. Sep. 21, 1852, Not m. 6. Henry
H., Feb. 5, 1819, m. Jane Calkins, May 1842, had Darwina F.
May 1843, and Marguerite St. L., July 21, 1837, d. Oct. 16,
1841, and the fa. d. in Oct. 1847.

71. HonT. Gamaliel H., s. Seth 36, resided with his father in
Sharon, Ct., until 25 years of age, working at farming in the sum-
mer season, and teaching school in the winter. In 1809, he com-

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menced the study of Medicine, -with his bro. Sam'l., in Gr. Bar'n.,
and in Jan. 1812, sett, in the beautiful valley of the Susquehanna,
in Tioga Co., N. Y., where he practised Med. successfully, until
the fall of 1823, since which time he has given his attention
chiefly to trading and farming. He was a memb. of the Assemb.
of N. Y., in 1816, '17, '18, '23, and 26 ; in the Senate from 1819
—'22 ; memb. Cong., from 1830— '32 ; Treas'r. of the State of
N. Y., in 1825, and 1838 ; and First Judge of Tioga Co., from
1818 — 1823. He m. Nancy, da. Emanuel Coryell, formerly of
N. Jersey, in Jan. 1813, and has 1. Sam'l., b. ab. 1813, of the
firm of Barstow and Lockwood, Atty's., Detroit, Mich'n. He is
U. S. Dist. Att'y., and Pres't. of the Farmers and Mechanics
Bank ; m. 1, Miss Spofforcl, who d., and 2, Frederica Williams,
and has one son, Sam'' I. F., a few months old. 2. Frances, Jan.
28, 1815, m. Wm. H. Baird, of N. Y'k., and has 2 sons, Walter,
and Gamaliel 3. Mary, Feb. 27, 1820. Not m. 4. John C,
Feb. 28, 1822. Lives with his fa., and is unm. 5. Ellen, d. young.

6. Juliet, Oct. 10, 1829, m. John S. Williston, of Wellsboro', Pa.,
and has an inf. da.

72. Daniel, s. Capt. Dan'l. 37, m. 1, Kuth Estes, Jan. 15,
1801, and 2, Lydia Stetson, and lives in Hanover, on King-st.
Farmer, ch. : 1. Daniel, m. Betsey Estes, Dec. 30, 1830, and
lives on King-st. No ch. 2. Samuel, m. Saba D. Estes, Oct.
28, 1830, and lives with his fa. No. ch.

73. Wm., s. Michael 38, m. Abigail, da. Eben'r. Townsend, of
Chester, N. H., and lived and d. in Haverhill, N. H., where his
wid. yet resides, ch. : 1. Julia A., d. 2. George, Esq., counsellor-at-
law, 74 Wall st., N. Y'k., author of the History of New Hamp-
shire, and of an Eulogy on General Jackson ; and Aide-de-Camp
of Maj.-Gen. John McNeil, with the rank of Major, in the Militia
of N. H. ; m. Emily E., da. Hon. John Shepley, of Saco, Me.,
June 11, 1844. No ch. 3. Wm. H.,b. 1812, m. at the age of
19, Marg't., da. of the Rev. Wm. Woodward, of Norwich, Yt.,
and d. of the cholera, at Auburn, N. Y., in 1832, ae. 20. 4. Abi-
gail, d. 5. Jas T., town clerk of Hav'l., N. H., m. 1, Maria
Loring, and 2, Jane, da. Richard N. Buren. 6. Abigail. Notm#

7. Mary A., at Columbia, Texas. Not m. 8. Charles, Mora-

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vian Missionary at Catesville, la. 9. Mary, m. Edwin S. Thayer,
of S. Milford, Mass. 10. Ebenezer T., nierch't., Columbia,
Texas. Notm. 11. Catherine, unra.

74. Henry, s. Michael 38, m. 1, Harriet Webster, of Plym'h.,
N. H., and 2, Frances Pierce, of Woodstock, Vt. Lived first at
Hav'l., N. H., and 2d. at Lowell, Mass., where he d. ch. : 1.
Lydia, m. Merrill Pearson, and lives in Ill's. 2. Harriet, d.
3. Henry, in Cal'a. 4. Horace, d. 5. Frances. 6. David.
7. Alfred, in Cal'a. 8. Anson, in Cal'a. 9. Ellen.

75. Charles, s. Michael 38, m. and lived in Campton, N. H.,
where he d. ch : 1. Charles, in Canada. 2. Hannah, is m.,
and lives in Canada.

76. Thomas, s. Michael 38, m. Sarah Hale, of Wells River, Vt.
and lives in Piermont, N. H. ch. : 1. Sarah A. 2. Harriet, is
m., and lives in Derby, Vt. 3. Nancy, is m., and lives in Thet-
forcl, Vt. 4. Michael H., of Boston, Mass. 5. Thos, A., in Cal'a.
6. Arthur C, in Cal'a. 7. Louisa. 8. Ruth A. 9. Wm. H.

77. Thos., s. Thos. 40, m. Alice Thomas, Sep. 28, 1806, and d.
in N. Bedford, in Nov. 1850, having had ch. : 1. Julia A., m.
Philip Smith of N. Bedford. 2. George. Drowned, ae. 7. 3.
Mary, m. Jared Parkhurst, and d. in Bait. Md., ab. 1846. 4.
Lj7dia S.,m. Gen. Thomas, of N. Bedford.

Note. — Two ch.. Rebecca and Elizab., d. young.

78. John, s. Col. John B. 42, m. Sarah Swoope Thompson,' da.
Edward K. Thompson, of Providence, R. I., and gr. gr. da. of Rev.
Ebenezer Thompson, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Scituate,
Mass. ch. : 1. Lydia K. 2. Elizabeth T. 3. Hannah, d. He
resided principally in New York, where he was extensively en-
gaged in commerce. In 1838 he withdrew from commercial pur-
suits, and removed to Providence, where he now resides.

79. Capt. Edward, s. Col. JohnB., 42, m. Amy, da. John Baily,
Sep. 2, 1821, and d. Jan. 27, 1833, and his wid. m. Wm. Dawes,
of H., and resides near the Four Corners, in the house formerly
of John Bailey, and now owned by the heirs of Mr. Barstow. Mr.
B. was a shipmaster for some years previous to his decease, and
sailed from N. Y'k. ch. 1. John E., June 11, 1822, m. Eliza
Crary, resides in N. Y., and has John, d., and Eliza C. 2. Rob-

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ert, June 24, 1824, m. Ann Josselynn, Dec. 24, 1846, is in CaFa.y
and has Amy. 3. Elizab., June 17, 1826, m. Capt. Nath'h
Cushing, of H., Dec. 18, 1845. 4. Joseph B., Feb. 3,1828,
machinist, in Bos'n. 5. Frederic O., 1830 ? grad B. U , 1852.
6. Edward, Jan. 27, 1833, mechanic in Bos'n.

80. Capt. Nath'l, s. Dea. Elijah 43, m. 1, Grace Foster, in
1833, and 2, Abby Hammett, in July 1837, and resides in II., at
the Four Corners. A shipmaster, ch. : 1. Grace F., Ap., 1834.
(By 2d.) 2. Lucy A., June 25, 1840. 3. Mary E., Feb. 13,
1842. 4. Sarah R., Dec. 29, 1845. 5. Marietta II., June
15, 1850.

81. Elijah, s. Dea. Elijah 43, m. Caroline Briggs, lives in
So. Scit., on his father's place, and is a shipbuilder, in connexion
with Capt. Thos. Waterman, ch. : 1. Albert. 2. Henry.

82. Capt. Edwin, s. Dea, Elijah 43, m. Jane W., da. Rev.
Geo. Barstow, and lives in Bridg'r. A shipmaster, ch. : 1.
Jane W., Aug. 7, 1835. 2. Jacob P., June 29, 1839. 3. Sarah
W., June 6, 1842. 4. Edwin W., Dec. 5, 1844. 5. Walter
J., Aug. 14, 1847. 6. Salome T., Sep. 28, 1850.

83. Andrew, s. Dea. Elijah 43, m. Mary Abernethy, and lives
in Bridg'r. ch. : 1. Andrew. 2. Henrietta W. 3. Rachel.

84. James, s. James 44, m. 1, Abby Hyde, of Lebanon, Ct.,
Oct. 1. 1812, who was b. Sep. 15, 1787, and d. Ap. 11, 1815 ;
and 2, Sarah Munroe, Aug. 12, 1819, who was b. Mar. 2, 1798.
Lives in Mattapoissett, and is a shipwright, ch. : 1. Abby H.,
Feb. 14, 1815, is m. and lives in Buffalo, K. Y. (By 2d.) 2.
James M., June 1, 1820, cl. Oct. 5, 1821. 3. Sarah T., May
12, 1822, d. Dec. 11, 1840. 4. Caroline, Oct. 30, 1824, m. F.
W. Russell, of Matt't. 5. Mary M., Mar. 5, 1828. 6. Debo.
L., June 27, 1830, m. James M. Washburn, of Matt't.

85. Calvin, s. James 44, m. Betsey Josselynn, of Pemb..
Aug. 7, 1814, and lives in Matt't. Shipwright, ch. : 1. Betsey
J., July 30, 1815, m. Benj. R. Gifford, of Fairhaven, Jan. 10,
1832. 2. Joanna, Sep. 15, 1817, m. Elisha B. Handy, Oct. 1,
1841. 3. Calvin J., Jan. 15, 1820, d. Mar. 16, 1826. 4. Henry
W., Ap. 7, 1823. Shipjoiner, in M. 5. Sarah L., Aug. 23, d.
Nov. 26, 1825. 6. Calvin, Oct. 4, 1827. In Cal'a. 7. Charles

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B., Ap. 20,1830. A mariner. 8. James, Oct. 3, 1834. 9. A
son, b. and d., 1839.

86. John, s. James 44, m. Dian Bolles, and lives in Mat ft.
ch. : 1. Sarah, m. John Mendell, of M. 2. Dian, m. Andrew
Dunham, of M. 3. Jedida, m. Walter Gammon, of M. 4. John-
A mariner. 5. Abby. 6. Solomon. Two ch. d. young.

87. Samuel, s. Joseph 45, m. and lives in Hingham, where his
w. d., Mar. 9, 1851. ch. : 1. Samuel. 2. George. 3. Benja.

4. Joseph.

88. Ichabod, s. Joseph 45, m. 1, Sally R., da. John Clark, of
Plym'h., Oct. 4, 1818, and 2, Sally, da. Reuben Peterson, of
Dux'y., Sep. 8, 1833, and lives in D. Has one son, Henry.

89. Richard, s. Joseph 45, m. Mary Munroe, May 1822, who
was b. June 16, 1798. Resides in Matt't., and is a trader. Form-
erly a shipwright, ch. : 1. Josiah M., Ap. 30, 1822, d. Sep. 15,

1823. 2. Francis H., Feb. 23, 1824, m. Beulah, da. Joseph
Barstow, lives in M., and has a da. Hojje. 3. Josiah M., Feb.
14, 1825. Mariner. 4. Richard, Feb. 12, 1828. In Cal'a.

5. George B., Nov. 16, 1829, d. July 28, 1830. 6. Mary M.,
Feb. 19, d. May 2. 1832. 7. Georgiana, Jan. 8, 1835.

90. George, s. Joseph 45, m. Dorcas, da. Capt. Cyrus Brews-
ter, in 1822, and d. Aug. 11, 1835, leaving a son George.

91. Wilson, s. Joseph 45, m. Pettengill, and lives in

Fairhaven. ch. 1 : Henry B. 2. Joseph. 3. Serena. 4. Wil-
son. 5. Emeline. 6. Sarah. 7. Maria. 8. Edward.

92. Benj., s. Wm. 46, m. Sarah Little, of Pemb., Dec. 31,
1820, and lives in W. Dux'y. A mason, ch. : 1. Charles L., June

1824, m. Jane Ford, lives in W. Dux'y., is a mason, and had
Ada ,/., d. ae. 2 mo's. 2. Henry W., Oct. 1827. 3. Debo. L.,
Nov. 1830.

93. Wm., s. Wm. 46, m. Mary Weston, and lives in Dux'y.
Shipwright, ch. : 1. Mary J. 2. Hiram. 3. Wm. 4. Dan'l.

94. Lewis, s. Wm. 46, m. Lydia Lowden, of Dux'y., and lives in
Dux'v. ch. : 1. Lewis B., Nov. 1831. 2. Agusfcus P., Jan. 1839.

95. Rogers L., s. Wm. 46, is a merchant, ship owner, and a man
of great business enterprise; resides in Matt't.; m. AbbyH.,
da. Elijah Willis, Esq., Jan. 7, 1837, who was b. Aug. 6, 1811.

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ch. : 1. Wm. M., Ap. 21, 1838, d. Mar. 30, 1839. 2. Eliza A.
W., Aug. 13, 1840. 3. Elijah W., Aug. 12, 1843. 4. Rogers
L., Nov. 9, 1845. 5. George W., June 23, 1848, d. Aug. 29,
1849. 6. Charles H., Ap. 29, 1850.

96. Capt. Wm. C, s. Charles 49, m. Sarah F., da. Capt. Silas
Morton, of Pemb., May 4, 1825, (who was b. Dec. 27, 1800,)
and lives in E. Bos'n. From the age of 15 to 46, Mr. B. follow-
ed the seas, — a portion of the time as shipmaster. He is now
Treas'r. of the E. Bos'n. Co., and is a gentleman of great kind-
ness of heart, — prompt and efficient in business, and of a sociable
temperament, ch. : 1. Sarah E., Mar. 16, 1826, m. Henry T.
Jenkins, of N. Y'k., Sep. 3 4, 1846, and has ch. 2. Amelia, July
22, 1828, m. Henry Bowers, jr., Sep. 14, 1846, and lives in N.
Y'k. 3. Harriet M., June 22, 1831. 4. Francis T., June 5,
1833, d. Aug. 17, 1834. 5. Maria L., Ap. 26, 1837. 6. Wm.
H., June 16, 1838. 7. Eloise K., Aug. 1, 1840. 8. Francis
D., Ap. 28, 1843.

Note. — The last 4 were b, in II. ; tlie first 2 in Pemb. ; the third in
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; and the fourth in Iioxbury, Mass.

97. Charles, s. Charles 49, m. Sarah A., da. Dan'l. Hudson, of
E. Bridg'r., May 4, 1833, who was b. in Bridg'r., Mar. 28, 1812.
He lives in Bos'n., and is a shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Sarah
A., June 23, 1834, d. Feb. 23, 1845. 2. Charles W., Feb. 24,
1837. 3. Fanny H., Feb. 28, 1851.

98. Capt. Thos. H. C, s. Charles 49, m. Abby, da. Dea.
Elijah Barstow, in 1836, and lives in H., at the Four Corners,
ch. : 1. Emma. 2. Haviland. 3. Sidney.

99. Hon. Gideon, s. Gideon 50, grad. b". U., 1801, stud. Med.
with Dr. Kittredge, of Salem, and sett, as Phys'n.,in S., where he
enjoyed the reputation of being skilful in his profession, and atten-
tive to its duties. In 1820, he was a member of the Conv'n. for
revising the Const'n. of Mass. ; and from 1821 — '23, was a memb.
of Cong., from Mass. He d. at St. Augustine, Fla., in 1852,
whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. He is spoken
of as possessing fine talents, and being gentlemanly in his man-
ners. He m. Nancy, da. Simon Forester, of Salem, who survives,
ch. : 1. Haley F., grad. H. C, 1832, and is sett, as a lawyer, in

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Syracuse, N. Y. Is m. 2. Charlotte F., d. in Detroit,. Mich'n.,
in 1849. 3. Gideon F., grad. H. C, 1834, and is Assist. Engi-
neer of the Hartford, Prov., and Fishkill R. R.,in Ct. 4. Simon
F., Dec. 1818, grad. H. C, 1841, at the Law School, and is a
counsellor, in Bos'n. Not m. 5. AnneM.,m. Samuel Ashburn-
ham, Chief Eng'r. of the Hartford, Prov., and Fishkill, R. R., in
Ct. 6. Capt. Dan'l. H. Shipmaster, in the E. Indies. 7. John
S. Merchant, in Calcutta. 8. Elinor. 9. Katharine F. 10.
Francis. 11. Nath'l. S. ( T

100. Capt. Benj., s. Gideon 50, m. Anstiss S., da. Jas. Dunlap,
of Salem, Jane 18, 1822, and d. in S., May 21, 1823, ae. 27,
leaving an only son, Benj., b. May 2, 1823, who grad. H. C, 1842,
and is sett, as a lawyer, in Salem. The fa. was engaged in busi-
ness with the Hon. Gideon, his bro., for a time , and the fa.-in-
law, Mr. Dunlap, was of a Scotch family, came to Am'a. in 1790,
in. Sarah, da. Robert Stone, of Salem, and was fa. of Andrew
Dunlap, Esq., Dist. Att'y., during the Presidency of Gen. Jack-
son, and of Anstiss S., who m. Mr. Barstow.

101. Wilson, s. Gideon 50, m. Betsey S. Drew, Ap. 12,
1820, resides in Mattapoisott, and is extensively engaged
in ship building, at his yards, in M., where several vessels are an-
nually fitted by him for whaling voyages. He is J. P. ; P. M. ;
and a man of enterprise and ability, — respected by the people of
Rochester, and a valuable citizen. His w. d. Jan. 10, 1849. ch :
1. Jane L., June 1, 1821, d. Aug. 26, 1823. 2. Elizabeth D.,
May 6, 1823. 3. Samuel, Ap. 26, 1825, d. July 28, 1826. 4.
Jane W., Jan. 23, 1827, d. Oct. 19, 1848. 5. Samuel, Ap. 11,
1829. 6. Wilson, Mar. 13, 1831, 7. ZaccheusM., Sep. 1, 1833.
8. Altol O., Oct. 25, 1835. 9. Gideon, Ap. 1, 1838, cl. Nov.
23, 1840.

102. Caleb, s. Wilson 51, m. Frances S., da. Pliny Brewer, of
Norwich, Ct., in 1836, and resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. No ch.
Mr. B. has been for 31 years, a merchant of the highest respecta-
bility, in N. Y. city, and his business has been attended with
signal success. He was first in partnership with John H. (low-
land & Co., — then, for ten years, with John Barstow, Esq., now of
Prov. R. I., during which period, several vessels were built for

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them, in Hanover, for foreign and coastwise voyages. Subse-
quently, he was of the firm of Barstow, Pope & Co. ; but has lat-
terly withdrawn from active pursuits. He is Dea. of the Church
of the Restoration, under the charge of the Rev. H. R. Nye, and
is spoken of, in terms of the highest commendation, as a man of
unblemished integrity, judicious liberality, and sterling moral worth.

103. Henry W., s. Wilson 51, m. Mary Louisa Brewer, of
Norwich, Ct., Sep. 27, 1827, and is an active merchant in the
city of N. York ; prompt and efficient in business, and energetic
and successful in its pursuit, ch. : 1. Vvrm. P., Mar. 17,1829.

2. Louisa B., Feb. 12, 1833. 3. Caleb, Feb. 28, 1835. 4. Sam-
uel, Ap. 26, 1836. 5. Mary E., Nov. 2, 1838. 6. Christopher
A., Mar. 31, 1841. 7. Frances R., July 27, 1845. 8. Anna S.,
Mar. 15, 1847.

104. Samuel, s. Wilson 51, m. Mary T. Blossom, of N. York,
and is a wholesale grocer, and commission merchant, in that city,
ch. : 1. Ann M., June 26, 1831. 2. Susanna M., May 9, 1836.

3. Elisha B., Feb. 18, 1840, d. Mar. 7, 1845. 4. Mary B., Aug.
17, 1842, d. Mar. 15, 1845.

105. Benj. F., s. Benj. 52, m. wid. Sarah S. Leach, formerly a
Drew, who was b. Sep. 26, 1806. He resides in Mattapoisett, is
Ass't. P. M. ; J. P. ; Not. Pub. ; and a gentleman of general in-
telligence, and much repected by the community in which he 1'ves.
ch. : 1. Benjamin, Dec. 11, 1834, d. Aug. 12, 1836. 2. B >nj.,
Jan. 24, 1827. Killed instantly, by a falling spar, on board
schooner Lamartine, lying at the port of M., July 8, 1850. He
was a bright and promising youth, and his loss was a severe blow
to his parents. 3. Elisabeth S., Sep. 27, 1839. 4. Sophia, May
28, 1842. 5. Edwin, and 6. Frank, Sep. 20, 1845, d. the same
day. 7. Edwin Franklin, Oct. 7, 1846.

106. Nathan II., s. Benj. 52, m. Mary Dexter, lives in Matt't.,
and is a shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Helen, Ap. 29, 1831. 2.
Caroline, Nov. 12, 1832. 3. Elizab. P., Dec. 10, 1833. 4. Mary
T., Nov. 13, 1835, d. July 9, 1838. 5. Mary T., Dec. 8, 1838.
6. Nathan H., July 6, 1842, d. Sep. 10,1843.

107. Henry, s. Benj. 52, m. Mary Southworth, and lives in
Matt't, ch. \ 1. Sarah, Aug. 1, 1842. 2. Henry, Oct, 16, 1847.

108. Edwin, s. Elias 53, is a shipwright by trade ; m. Harriet

BARSTOW. 243

Albro, Sep. 28, 1828, and lives in Prov., R. I. ch. : 1. Harriet
E., Aug. 15, 1829. 2. Abby F., July 4, 1833. 3. Amelia A.,
July 8, 1838. 4. Edwin, Sep. 1, 1846.

109. Elias, s. Elias 53, is a tailor by trade, and lives in Prov.,
R. I.; m. 1, Margaret Downing, of Green Co., Ga., Nov. 15,
1826, who d. in Prov., Jan. 6, 1831, leaving a da., Mary J., b.
Aug. 22, 1827, who resides in Lex'n., K'y. The fa. m. 2, Abby
P. Tompkins, July 28, 1836, by whom he has no ch.

110. Thos., s. Elias 53, is a grocer, in Prov., R. I. ; m. Abby
G. Albro, Jan. 2T, 1833, and has 1. Benj. T., Nov. 28, 1833, and

2. Wm. U., June 12, 1842.

111. Wm., s. Elias 53, is a merchant, in Prov., — dealer in
carpets, &c. ; m. Julia G. Hodges, July 18, 1839, and has
Martha P., Oct. 1, 1841.

112. Hon. Amos C, s. Nath'L 55, the present gentlemanly
and intelligent Mayor of Prov., R. I., is of the firm of A. C. Bar-
stow & Co., and is extensively engaged in the iron business. He
has been for several years a memb. of the Assemb. of R. I. ; is a
man of correct moral habits, repected by the community, a friend
of temperance, liberal in his disposition, and successful in busi-
ness. He m. Emeline M., da. Jas. and Sally Eames, May 28,
1834, (who was b. Feb. 20, 1813,) and has 1, Sarah S., June

3, 1839. 2. Emeline E., Nov. 13, 1840. 3. Mary L., Dec. 13,
1842. 4. Martha M., Aug. 31, 1844. 5. Anne J., Jan. 1,
1846. 6. Amos C, Nov. 2,1848. 7. George E., Nov. 19, 1849.

113. Ephriam R., s. Nath'l. 55, lives in Prov., R. L, and is
engaged in the iron trade. He m. Joanna Eames, June 10,1847,
and has Laura E., Jan. 4, 1851.

114. Rev. Ezekiel H., s. Ezekiel 65, grad. Dart, Coll., 1839,
and was five yrs. Princ'l. of the Lawrence Acad., in Groton, Mass.,
during which time he studied Theol., and was sett, as an Orth'x.
Cong. Min., at Walpole, N. H., in 1845, which place he left in
1851, and is now teacher of a Classical School, in Newton, Mass.
He m. Eunice G., da. Rufus Clarke, Esq., of Bratt'o., Vt,, in
Aug., 1842, and has 1. Frances J., June 19, 1843, cl. June 17,
1844. 2. Henry T., Mar. 10, d. Nov. 18, 1846. 3. Henry
O., Nov. 15, 1847, d. Aug. 9, 1852. 4. Mary C, Sep. 18,
1849. 5. Sallie C, Sep. 2, 1851.

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BASS.

2 BASS, Rev. Benjamin, First
2^ £^f*j a^H- -vttyS* S&^Q Pastor of the First Church, in
^/ H., was s. of Joseph and Mary

Bass, of Braintree, and a desc't. of Sam'l. Bass, of Rox'y., 1630.
He was b. Dec. 19, 1694, grad. H. C., 1715, m. Mary, da. Rev.
Jas. Gardner, of Mf'd., was sett, in II. in 1728, and d. May 23,
1756, and his wid. Feb. 25, 1772. See the chap, on Eccl. Hist,
ch. : 1. Mary, Oct. 30, 1730, d. Mar. 21, 1802. 2. Elizabeth,
Mar. 18, 1733— 4, m. Edmund Sylvester, Jan. 30,1752. 3.
Benj.. June 6,1741.

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RESIDENCE OF MR. ELISIIA BASS.

2. Benj., s. Rev. Benj., m. 1, Mercy Tolman, Oct. 28, 1765,
who d. Ap. 4, 1792 ; and 2, Mary Eells, Mar. 3, 1793, who d.
Jan. 8, 1808, and he Mar. 17, 1821. He was Dea. of the Church
for many years ; Rep. in 1783, '95, '96-8, 1800, '01, '05, and '06 ;
Town Clerk, from 1798—1807 ; and Selectman, from 1783—5.
Lived first on Hanover st., in his father's house, where his ch. were
born, and then on Broadway, where his son Elisha now resides, ch. :
1. Mercy, Sep. 14, 1766, m. Heman Holmes, of Kigs'n., Ap. 29,
1792, and d. Juno 9, 1794. Her son George, is proprietor of an
extensive Furnace, in Prov., R. I. 2. Benj., June 26, 1768.
3. Cinderella, Dec. 30, 1770, d. Feb. 28, 1851. 4. Huldah,

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May 16, 1773, m. Robt. Eells, Nov. 29, 1800. 5. Alden, Jan.
80, 1766, m. Rhocla Tyler, lived in Camden, Me., had ch., andd.
Oct. 6, 1851. 6. Sarah, Dec. 14, 1778, m. Joseph Eells, Nov. 16,
1802. 7. Elisha, July 23, 1781. Lives on his father's place.
Not m. 8. Mary G., Aug. 18, 1784. Lives with Elisha.

3. Benj., s. Benj. 2, m. Lucinda Sylvester, Dec. 4, 1794, and
d. June 6, 1825, and his wid. May 10, 1840. Resided in his
grandfather's house, on Broadway, the latter part of his life,
ch. : 1. Benj., Oct. 8, 1795, d. at Brook'n., N. Y. 2. Mercy
T., Mar. 29, 1797, m. Thos. Wright, Beit., Oct. 14, 1818 3.
Michael, Mar. 21, 1799, d. at sea. 4. John, Nov. 15, 1800.
Lives with Robt. Sylvester. 5. Christopher S., Dec. 15, 1802.
Lives in S. Wey'h., m. Sophia Curtis, and has Sarah J., m. John
Blanchard, of Randolph ; Lucinda S. ; Joseph H. ; and George
W. 6. Bardin, Nov. 23, 1804. 7. Michal, Nov. 23, 1804,
m. Geo'. Lovell, of Abn. 8. Ruth T., Feb. 12, 1807, m. Melzar
Hatch, Mar. 25, 1828. 10. Robert S., Aug. 1808 ; lives in
E. Ab'n., is a blacksmith, m. Lydia Loud, and has Elhha, Alden,
John Q., Webster, Lucinda, and Robert. sPZ^rTr?^

rflllwfc4 BATES FAMILY.

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BATES, or BATE, Clement, of Hertfordshire, Eng'd. ? a tailor,
ae. 40, and Ann, his wife, of the same age, with their ch., James,
ae. 14 ; Clement, ae. 12 ; Rachel, ae. 8 ; Joseph, ae, 5 ; and
Benj., ae. 2; embarked at London, in the Elizabeth, William
Stagg, Master, for N. Eng., Ap. 6, 1635, and sett, in H'm., Mass.
In the same year, the father had land granted him, in Broad Cove
meadows, and a house lot on the S. side of Town, now South st.

246 BATES.

In 1687, he, with Nicholas Jacobs and others, had each lots of
2 acres granted them. He d. in H'nu, Sep. 17, 1671, and his son
Joseph, by w. Hester, was fa. of Joseph, who sett, in that part of
Scit. now Hanover, ab. 1695, and was the ancestor of most of the
families of Bates in H., and its vicinity.

2. Joseph, s. Je^phVand gr. s. Clement, of H'm., was in Scit,
in 1695, but the name of his wife we have not learned. He prob.
lived in that part of Scit. now Hanover, and on Centre st., near
where Joshua Mann resides. He d. in H., July 9, 1740, and his
wid. Aug. 15, 1742, being very aged. ch. : 1. Ruth, Ap. 9, 1695,
m. Dea. Joseph Josselynn, Dec. 19, 1726. 2. Joseph, Jan. 25,
1697. 3. Mercy, Feb. 28, 1699. 4. Mary, Mar. 13, 1701. 5.
Solomon, Dec. 25, 1702. 6. Amos, Nov. 25, 1705. 7. Clement,
Dec. 27, 1707. 8. Rachel, Feb. 22, 1710, m. Stephen Torrey,
Aug. 15, 1735.

3. Joseph, s Joseph 2, m. Mary Bowker, who d. a wid., July
30, 1759. Mr. B. prob. lived near his fa., and in the house after-
wards occupied by his son Joseph, on Centre st., beyond Joshua
Mann's, where part of his old orchard is standing, ch. : 1. Sarah,
Dec. 27, 1730, m. Jacob Sylvester, Nov. 5, 1753. 2. Lucy, Oct.
14, 1732, m. Jeremiah Stetson, Jan. 3,1753. 3. Joseph, July 7,
1734. 4. Ruth, Mar. 11, 1736, d. imm, Dec. 16, 1830. 5.
Lemuel, July, 1738. 6. Benj., June 9, 1740. 7. Mercy, 1742 ?
m. Joseph Ramsdell, Jan. 1, 1767.

4. Solomon, s. Joseph 2, m. Deborah Whiting, of H'm., May 1,
1730, and prob. d. Mar. 28, 1787. Lived on Broadway, and
built the house afterwards occupied by his son Solomon. Of this
house, which is a curiosity in its way, we find the following de-
scription in the Gospel Banner, of Me., from the pen of Rev. Geo.
Bates, a descendant; — " It was substantially built, mostly of oak
timber, and evidently by a ship carpenter. The walls were con-
structed of plank, grooved together, and treenailed to the sills and
plates. The posts were all kneed, in the same manner that ships
are kneed," ch. 1. Deborah, bap. Oct. 10, 1731, prob. cl. Mar.
29,1786. 2. Jerusha, Sep. 17 34, m. Leonard Hill, of Pemb.,
Jan. 19, 1T64. 3. Solomon, June 29, 1741. 4. Anne, 1745,
d. July 25, 1799.

BATES. 247

5. Amos, s. Joseph 2, m. Jemimah Caswell, Oct. 31, 1735,
■who was recom. to the Church, in Rochester, Mass., and moved
there over a hundred years ago, being among the early set-
tlers of that town. His ch. b. in H., were, 1. Amos, July
31, 1736, and 2. Jonathan, b. ab. 1711. After his re-
moval to R., the fa. had 3. Elijah; 1. Sylvester; 5. Moses ; 6.
David ; and perhaps some daughters, whose names we have not
learned.

6. Clement, s. Joseph 2, m. Agatha Merritt, June 15, 1730,
who d. Dec. 25, 1786, and he Mar. 14, 1788. ch. : 1. Clement,
Nov. 17, 1730, d. June 11, 1753. 2. James, Nov. 10, 1732,
went to N. Bedford, it is said, m., had ch., and d. there. 3. Seth,
Aug., 1735. 4. Thos., bap. Jan. 17, d. Jan. 21, 1738. 5.
Thos., bap. Ap., 1740. 6. Joshua, bap. Nov. 7, 1742, and it is
said, d. at Rochester, Mass. 7. Gamaliel, Jan. 31, 1745. 8.
Paul, bap. Oct. 4, 1747, d. Jan. 12, 1749. 9. Nabby, bap. Ap.
29, 1750, m. Jno. Chapman, and d. soon after. 10. Betsey, bap.
May 12, 1751, d. Jan. 22, 1753. 11. Betsey, bap. Ap. 29
1753, d. Dec. 12, 1788. 12. Clement, bap. Sep. 21, 1755.

7. Joseph, s. Joseph 3, m. 1, Phebe Bowker, Oct. 28, 1762,
who d. Dec. 2, 1772; and 2, wid. Tamsen Bowker, Dec. 23,
1773, who d. Feb. 7, 1791, and he Dec. 7, 1816. No ch. He
lived on Centre sfc., in his father's house.

8. Lemuel, s. Joseph 3, m. Mercy Witherell, Oct. 16, 1766,
who d. a wid. in Feb. 1825. It is said that he d. in Me.,
and that his des3endants reside there, ch. : 1. Mercv, 1776,
d. Dec. 25, 1848, in H. 2. Lemuel, went to Me., was m.,
and it is said, came to his death by the fall of a pile of wood
upon him, in his barn. 3. An inf. son, d. Dec. 26, 1775.
4. Another ch., d. Dec. 3, 1776. Was there also another son,
Joseph, who rn. an Estes. ?

9. Banj., s. Joseph 3, m. Elizab. Crooker, of Pemb., Nov. 29,
1759, who d. Ap. 19, 1793. It is said, that he d. in Me. ch. :
1. Jabez R., bap. Nov. 16, 1760, m. Elizab. Barker, Ap. 11,
1785, and went to Me. 2. Benj.,bap. Nov. 1, 1762. 3. Joseph,
bap. May, 19, 17o5, d. Mar. 17, 1766. 4. Molly, bap. Aug. 16,
1767, m. Abner Magoun, of Pemb., Dec. 16, 1796. 5. Bettv,

248 BATES.

bap. Aug. 5, 1770, m. Asa Pool, of S. AVn. 6. Lucy, bap.
July 3, 1774, m. Thos. Bates. 7. Sarah, bap. Aug. 17, 1777,
d. Nov. 3, 1802.

10. Solomon, s. Solomon 4, m. Aquilla, da. John Bates, of
Scit., Nov. 20, 1769, lived first in his father's house, on Broad-
way, and thence moved to Me., in 1787, with all his ch. He was
a shipwright by trade, and followed that business for several years
after he went to Me., and built several vessels on the Kennebec.
He owned, also, a farm in Greene, Me. ; was ever regarded as an
honest man, and a good citizen, and was " a stern and inflexible
republican." He d. in Fayette, ab. 1815, ae. 77. ch. : l.Douty,
bap. Jan. 20, 1766, an iron smith by trade ; was out with his fa.
in the Revolution, and his wid. drew a pension ; m. Polly Perry,
and had Charles, Polly, Wm., Jane, and Htddah ; all imm. but
Chas., who has 4 or 5 ch. They live in Leeds, Me. The fa. d.
Jan. 1, 1835, and was a man of excellent character. 2. Levi,
bap. Mar. 30, 1766, m. Lydia Sylvester, Dec. 30, 1784, had
Harvey, Levi, Hzekiel, Betsey, and Lydia, all m.? and live in
Leeds. The fa. was a ship carpenter, and d. 1825. 3. Solomon
W., Aug. 27, 1765, bap. Mar. 30, 1766. (See No. 21.) 4.
Abigail, m. Joseph Dunham, of Me. 5. Samuel, bap. Oct. 22,
1769, m. 1, Hannah Stetson, Mar. 27, 1791, and 2, Sarah Dag-
get ; sett, in St. Albans, was a farmer, and had John, Seth, Simeon,
and Florentine, and perhaps others. He d. ab. 1849. 6. Lu-
cinda, m. 1, Prince Waterman, Feb. 3, 1791, and 2, Jabez
Merritt, and is living. 7. Lydia, m. Abel Crooker. 8. John,
bap. Oct. 9, 1774, m. Deborah Stetson, was a farmer, in Greene;
had Wheaton, Jason, Sibyl,, Sabrina, and perhaps others ; and
d. ab. 1832. 9. Caleb, m. Betsey Herrick, was a farmer, in
Greene ; had Thos. H, Betsey, Amy, Sally, Caleb S., and Henry
H. ; who are all m. The fa. was one of the best of men, and d.
in G., ab. 1846. 10. Alexander, m. a Robinson. 11. Sally,
tap. Nov. 5, 1786. 12. Sylvia, m. Artemas Cushman. 13.
Reuben, bap. Nov. 16, 1788, m. Susan Sprague, is a miller by
occupation, and has one da., Isabel.

11. Jonathan, s. Amos 5, m. Ruth Stetson, Feb. 11, 1771, and
lived and d. in Rochester, Mass. ch. : b. in R. I., 1. Nath'l.

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living in R., ae. ab. 75. 2. Stetson, d. young. 3. Ruth, m. Bar-
nabas Mendel], of R. 4. Rebecca, m. John Hall, of R. 5. Emily,
m. John Bennett. 6. Julia A. 7. Jonathan, d. young.

12. Elijah, s. Amos 5, m. a Briggs, and lived and d. in Roches-
ter, ch. : 1. Nathan, of New Bedford. 2. Roland, of Rochester.
3. Lyclia. 4. Ephraim, of Rochester.

13. Sylvester, s. Amos 5, m. l,a Landers, and 2. Sarah Sears,
and lived and d. in Rochester, ch. : 1. Jemima, in. Wm.
Handy, and moved to Me. (By 2d.) 2. Sylvester. 3 Lucinda,
d. unm. 4. Paddock. 5. Polly, m. Owen Hines, of R.

• 14. Moses, s. Amos 5, m. Susan Mendell, and lived and d. in
Rochester, ch. : 1. Lucy, m. Alden Wing. 2. Moses, d unm.

3. Sally, m. Philip Wing. 4. Noble E., 1791, m. Sarah Allen,
in 1816, and lives in the new town of Marion. Has Susanna,
Sep. 13, 1818, m. James Clark, and d. in 1849. Charles T.y
1817, d. 1820. Charles T, 1820, d. 1821, and George #., Oct.
22, 1821, m. Sarah N. Blankenship, lives in Marion, and has
Marietta, (7., James ff.,d. and Sarah iV.

15. David, s, Amos 5, m., and had 1. Jared. 2. David, m.
Hannah Harrington, lived in Me., and d. ab. 1812, having had
David, and Salome. 3. Betsey, m. a Carr, of Westport, and d.

16. CoL Seth, s. Clement 6, m. Anne Neal, Dec. 21, 1757,
who d. Dec. 12, 1810, and he, in Boston, Ap. 9, 1820. He was
an officer in the Revolutionary War, and had the reputation oi*
being brave and efficient. He built the house on Centre st., lately
occupied by Enos Bates, ch. : 1. Seth. 2. Joseph N. 3. Paul,

4. Joshua. 5. Anna, m. Sam'l. B. Perry, Feb. 2, 1786. 6\
Rebecca, Nov.' 26, 1765, m. Cornelius White, Dec. 30, 1801.
7. Amos, Aug., 1769 ? 8. Michal, bap. and d. June 11, 1774,
9. Enos, b. 1772 ? 10. Ward, bap. Oct. 15, 1775, 11, E1L,
bap. June 29, 1777, d. Jan, 12. 1778. 12. Michal, May 3,
1780, m. Capt. Thos. Stetson, Ap. 21, 1834, and d. 13. Celia,
Ap. 15, 1783, m. Dryden Judd, from N. Y'k, State, Ap, 27,
1807. He d. in 1851, and she is yet living. 14, James, bap,
July 14, 1785, d. Oct. 26, 1792.

17. Thos., s. Clement 6, m. Hannah Torrey, Jan, 29, 1767,

16

250 BATES.

and d. Oct, 22, 1788, and his wid. m. Caleb lingers, jr,, Dec. 26>
1779. ch. : Thos. bap. June 3, 1770, prob. b. 1768.

s. Clement 6, m. Mary

18. ^

^a^Tt^AC^- J^^OyO2^ Carver, of Pembroke,
^X September 5, 1771,

and d. Jan. 9, 1823, and Lis wid. June, 183G. Lived on
Cross st., where his da. Lydia, lately resided, near Broad-
way, and was a mason by trade. eh. : 1. Lydia, Feb. 4,
1772. Living in H. Not m. 2. Gamaliel, Mar. 22, 1774.
3. Mary P., Jan. 19, 1776, d. unm. 4. Calvin, Oct. 29, 1777.
5. Hannah, Dec. 10, 1779, m. Levi Fish, Feb. 8, 1803, and
is d. 6. James, Oct. 8, 1781. 7. John B., Aug. 20, 1783,
m. the wid. of Jacob Taylor, and had one ch., who d., and he
d. Mar. 7, 1831, in Plym'h. He was a master mason, and a man
of note in P., and erected the court-house, and other public build-
ings. 8. Rebecca, Aug. 3, 1785, d. Oct. 11, 1786. 9. Deborah,
Sep. 12, 1787, d. Mar. 22, 1788. 10. Deborah, Jan. 5, 1789,
m. Jacob Capron, of Att?o., Jan. 1, 1809. 11. Reuben, Oct. 5,
1790, d. Jan. 31, 1829. A mason by trade. 12. Betsey, Aug.
5, 1792, d. Nov. 21, 1825. A school teacher for many years,
and a woman of great intelligence. 13. Rufus, Mar. 16, 1794.
14. Izekiel, Nov. 5, 1795. 15. Abigail, Sep. 10, d. Oct.
29, 1797.

Capt. Clem-
ent, s. Clem.
6,m. Rebec-
ca Stetson, Dec. 25, 1785, who d. Sep. 29, 1813, and he Nov. 30,
1839. Lived on Cross st., where Hiram Studley now resides.
He was a soldier in the Rev'n., and was at Dorchester heights, and
elsewhere. See the chap, on the Rev'n. ch. : 1. Thos. M., Jan.
1787. 2. Clement. 3. Hira. 4. Joshua. 5. Lucy, m. Benj.
Stetson, Sep. 10, 1820. 6. Nabby, m. Thos. Damon, Dec. 25,
1827, and d. in 1852. 7. Priscilla, m. Chas. Leach.

20. Benj., s. Benj. 9, m. Martha Stetson, Mar. 3, 1786, who
d. Feb. 26, 1848. He still survives, and is a revolutionary pen-
s loner f having serve 1 in R. I. ch. : 1. Abigail, m. David Her-

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BATES. 251

sey, of Ab'n. 2. Betsey, m. Win. Bates, Mar. 4, 1812, and is
living a wid., in So. Scit. 3. Lydia, m. Wm. Stoddard, of H'm.,
in June 1813. 4. Sally, d. unm. 5. Horatio. 6. Benj.,
Hannah Munroe, of Norton, and d. leaving ch., Harriet, A
George, and another. 7. Oliver, d. unm. 8. John, is ra. and
lives in Roxbury.

21. Solomon AY., s. Solomon 10, m. Mary Macomber, of T;n
ton, Mass., and is yet living, in Norridgewock, Me., ae. 88.

was a ship carpenter in early life, but after his removal to Me.,
devoted his time principally to farming and trading, and kept also
a public house in Fayette. He was J. P., for ab. 30 yr's ; Town
Clerk of Fayette for 21 years ; Rep. to the Gen'l. Court of Mas
for 10 years ; and in the Senate 2 years, ch. : 1. James, Sep.
24, 1789. 2. Harriet, Ap. 10, 1791, m. John Hubbard, and d.
in July 1828. 3. John, Mar. 4, 1794, d. unm. 4. Linda, June
2, 1796, m. Francis T. Haines. 5. George, Feb. 12, 1798. 6.
Silas, Feb. 12, 1798, a lawyer by profession ; d. in Havanna, in
Nov. 1821. Not m. 7. Mary, Mar. 2, 1800, m. John Starbird.
8. Nircan, Nov. 27, 1801, is a physican, in Machias, Me., m.
Charlotte Dennett, and has 2 or 3 ch. 9. Sophia, Dec, 8, 1803,
m. Asa Clark. 10. Soloman W., Aug. 2, 1805, a merchant, in
Gardiner, Me. : m. 1, Mary A. Neil, and 2, Elizab. Dennis, and
has 5 ch. 11. Horatio, Sep. 22, 1807, is m., lives in In rk,
and has 3 sons.

22. Sylvester, s. Sylvester 13, m. Melintha Clark, and lived in
Rochester, where he d. ch. : 1. Albert, d. unm. 2. Sarah L.,
m. Stephen Luce, and lives in N. Y'k. 3. Charles, d. unm. 4.
Thos. C, m. Rhoda Briggs, and lived and d. in Sippican, leaving
ch., Charles H , and Elenor C. 5. Polly, d. young. 6. Meletiah,
d. young. 7. James, d. unm. 8. Orlando, m. Lucy Mendell,
and lives in Princetown, Mass. No ch.

23. Paddock, s. Sylvester 13, m. Nancy Sturtevant, and lives
in Marion, Mass. ch. : 1. John S., m. Hannah Hammctt, lives
near his fa., and has Hannah, Nancy, Samuel, Ahby, and Roberta.
2. Mary, m. Edwin Blankenship. He is d. 3. Thankful, m. Jo-
seph S. Luce. She is d.

23. Jared, s. David 15, m. Eunice Allen, and moved to Me.,

252 BATES.

where he d. ch. : 1. Jared, m. 1, Mary Clark, and 2, wid.
Jemima Ellis, lives in Marion, is a shipwright, and has Jared,
Prince II., and Salome JE. 2. Warren. 3. Eunice, d. 4. Ada-
5. Betsey. 6. David. 7. Weston A., d. 8. Thos.,d.
9. John, d. Others d. young.

24. Seth, s. Col. Seth 16, m. Irene Delano, of Dux'y., and
lived in '. . ch. : 1. Amasa D., Ap. 13, 1792. A shipmaster ; d.
in Halifax, N. S., ab. 1814. 2. Betsey, Oct. 31, 1794, m. a
Patten, of Boston. 3. Nancy D., Feb. 9, 1798, m. Sam'l. Soule,
of Dux'y. 4. Seth, Mar. 26, 1801, m. a Black, and lives in
Boston. 5. Hannah C, Oct. 19, 1803, m. a Harwood, of Bath,
Maine.

25. Joseph N., s. Col. Seth 16, m. Eunice Oldham, who d.
Nov. 24, and he in May, 1828. He was a soldier in the Rev'n.,
and though young, did good service to his country, ch. : 1. Thos.
0., July, 1786. 2. Joseph N., July, 1796, m. Ann Rains for d, '
is a shipwright, and lives in E. Bos'n. 3. Jane, May, 1797, d.
unm. 4. Eunice 0., May, 1797, m. Thos. Winslow, jr., Dec,
1820, and d. 5. James, Jan., 1800, m. Mary Reed, of Tyngsboro,
and d. in Ap., 1850, and his wid. lives in Wey'h. His ch.
were James, George, Franklin, Jackson, and Lewis.

Kote, — Three ch. d. young in this family.

26. Paul,s. Col. Seth 16, m. Freelove Witherell, Ap. 8, 1795,
and d. Feb. 2, 1826, and his wid. ab. 1837. Lived W. of Winter
st., in a house standing back from the road. ch. : 1. Paul, Jan.

22, 1797, m. Temperance C. Tubbs, Mar. 13, 1825, and d. July

23, 1832, leaving ch., Sophia M., Dec. 14, 1825 ; Eliza P.,
Dec. 16, 1830 ; and Maria A. H., Aug. 27, 1829, d. May 20,
1845. 2. Marshal], Dec. 30, 1798, m. Huldah Hall, of Mfd.,
and lias Wm. 31., Jan. 18, 1836 ; Reuben S., Dec. 3 ; 1837, and
perhaps o:hers. Lives in Mfd. 3. Henry, Oct. 22, 1808, m.
Harriet W. Munroe, of Scit., May 5, 1835, is a tanner by trade,
and lives in the old Nath'l Clark house. Has Henry A., Oct. 5,
1843 ; Adrian W., July 20, 1845 ; Mary S., Aug. 21, 1847 ;
and Catherine P., Oct. 16, 1849, d. Sep. 6, 1850. 5. Judson,
Dec. 22, 1806, m. Lydia P. Curtis, Aug. 11, 1830, is a black-

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smith by trade ; lives on Centre st. ; and has Judson C, June 29,
1831 ; Paul, Mar. 22, 1834 ; Lydla P., July 12, 1836, d. Oct.
16, 1837 ; George F., July 9, d. Aug. 29, 1838 ; Lydla P.,
Dec, 28, 1839 ; and Diana A., June 28, 1843. 6. Walter,
June 24, 1810. A stone-cutter by trade. Not. m.

27. Joshua, s. Col. Seth 16, m. Bethia, da. Joseph Ames, of
Bridg'r., in 1796, and d. in B., in 1839. In early life he went to
Canada, and set up a large furnace, which he conducted with good
success for many years. Subsequently he returned to Mass., and
purchased a farm in Bridg'r., which is improved by his descen-
dants, and which he occupied until the date of his decease, ch. :

I. Joshua C, 1797. A merchant, in Boston. Not m. 2. Ze-
phaniah, 1803, d. unm. 3. George W., 1805, m. Hannah, da.
Andrew Tucker, of Mid'o., in 1836, lives in Bridg'r., and has
Andrew, Ellen, and Sarah. 4. Samuel W., 1808, m. Helen,
da. Zenas Crooker, lives in Bridg'r., and has Helen R., Joshua,
Corinna, Marcia P., and Elizabeth A, 5. Bethia W., 1813, m.
Asa P. Keith of Bridg'r.

28. Amos, s. Col. Seth 16, m. 1, Sibyl Robbins, Nov. 25, 1802,
who d. Mar. 27, 1816, and 2, Ruth Jenkins, Nov. 1, 1818, and
built and occupied the house now occupied by B. B. Hall, on
Centre-st. He d. May 8, 1833, and his wid., who survives, lives
in the old Baldwin house, ch. : 1, Amos, Dec. 1, 1803, m. Deb-
orah Hersey, lives in H'm. 2. Mary R., July 13, 1806, "m.
Nath'l. F/Chamberlin, June 11, 1837. 3. Phebe, June 14,
1809, m. N. F. Chamberlin, Nov. 10, 1832, and d. May 23, 1837.

4. Oren, June 14, 1812, m. Mary A. Martin, lives in Milton.

5. John P., June 12, 1814, m. Caroline Kimball, and lives in
Milton. (By 2d.) 6. Ruth J., Oct. 17, 1819, m. Reuben Stet-
son, Ap. 26, 1846. 7. Sibyl R., Feb. 2, 1821. 8. Fanny, Nov.
16, 1322, m. John H. Carey, of H. 9. Betsey IL, May 6, 1825,
m. Benj. F. Studley, of H. 10. Rebecca W., Mar. 15, 1829.

II. Celia A. M., Sep. 4, 1831, m. Elisha Thayer, of Baintree,
Ap. 20, 1851.

29. Lt. Enos, s. Col. Seth 16, m. Lydia Tilden, Oct. 5, 1809,
and d. Feb. 10, 1814, and his wid. Feb. 5, 1852. Lived where
his son Enos lately resided. cL : 1. Enos, Mar. 10, 1810. Not

254 BATES,

m. 2. Lydia, Dec. 26, 1812, m. Albert White, Esq., May

1, 1836.

80, Ward,s. Col. Seth 16, m. Ruth Stetson, in 1819, and lives
on Centre st. He is a gunsmith by trade, and served as an arti-
ficer in the war of 1812, in the Co. of Capt. Alexander ParriSc
ch. : 1. Seth W., July 5, 1822, d. Jan. 7, 1848. 2. Adaline W.,
July 28, 1824, m. Geo. B. Perry, in May 1846, and d. in
Aug. 1852.

31. Thos., son Thos. 17, m. 1, Lucy Bates, in Nov. 1792, and

2, Mary Ramsdell, and d. Mar. 13, 1817. Lived on Broadway,
where Joshua Bates now resides. Old house gone. ch. : 1. Na-
than, prob. d. at sea. 2. Jeremiah, d. on the Gurnet, Mar. 3,
1813. Four ch. by this w. d young. (By 2d.) 3. Mary, Ap. 1,.
d. Oct. 25, 1807. 4. Lucy, Jan. 27, 1809, m. Sylvanus Whiting,
Nov. 20, 1828. 5. Cyrus, Mar. 7, 1811, m. Mary Alden, lives
in S. Ab'n., is a carpenter, and has Mary B., Cyrus A., Solon,
Ezra T., Julia A., d. ae. 6 mo's., Abby A., Charles 0., and
Susan 31. 6. Hannah, Nov. 29, 1814, m. Francis Stoddard, of
Scit. 7. Thos., Aug. 5, 1816, m. Lucy White, lives in S. Ab'n.,
and is a shoe cutter. No ch.

32. Gamaliel, s. Gamaliel 18, m. Elizabeth Coffin, of Boston,
and there d. in May 1822. ch. : 1. Charles, m. 1. Eliza Packard,
and 2, Miranda Balkom, and d. in Boston, in 1852, leaving a da..,
Elizabeth A. 2. Caroline, m. a Wyatfc, of Medford, and d. 3,
Mary A., is m. and lives in Pawtucket. 4. Eliza, m. a Gillespie, of
Nantucket.

Note. — The son, Charles, was a member of the Ancient and Honorable
Society of Freemasons, and belonged to Mt. Lebanon Lodge, Boston, and
to St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter ; and on the occasion ot his decease, both
bodies passed resolutions highly commendatory of his character and abilities.
Those of the former body state, that " for four successive years he presided
over the interests of Mt. Lebanon Lod^e, with unusual abilitv, filling the
chair with great honor to himself, and benefit to the institution ;" and by
vote, the altar of the Lodge was clothed with mourning for three months.
The resolutions of the latter bodv, of which he was uresidhvj officer, state
that, " in the death of Bro. Bates, we mourn the loss of an excellent, honest,
true hearted man and mason : — one who has endeared himself to his
brethren, by the urbanity of his manners, the uprightness of his deportment,
and the benevolence of his heart," The altar of the chapter was also clothed
with mourning ; and we understand that a monument has been erected to
the memory of Brother Batesy in the beautiful Cemetery at Mt. Auburn.
Peace to his ashes !

BATES. 255

83. Calvin, s. Gamaliel 18, m. Eiizab. Stetson, Aug. 12, 1801,
who d. Mar. 6, 1842. He lives on Winter st., is a man of enter-
prise ; part owner of the Forge on King st. ; and has been for
many years engaged in the iron business ch. : 1. Eliza, Nov.
2, 1801, m. Albert Holbrook, June 23, 183G. 2. Olive, Aug. 10,
1803, m. George Bailey, of H'n., June 20, 1824. 8. Mary C,
May 5, 1805, m. Ozias Perkins, May 21, 1832. 4. Lucinda,
Mar. 1, 1807, m. Marcus Packard, Nov. 28, 1833. 5. Calvin,
July 22, 1810, m. Jane T. Kingman, of N. Bridg'r., and d. there
in 1843, leaving Angeline L., and Ally J. C. ,6. Merril, Aug.
21, 1812, m. Joseph Thomas, of H'n., Feb. 7,1841. 7. Elmira,
May 24, 1816, m. Wm. P. Russell, Ap. 2, 1837. 8. Angeline,
Mar. 11, 1819, m. Lewis C. Church, of H. 9. Lydia. 10.
Ruth.

Note. — We regret that we are unable to present a view of the residence
of Mr. B., but the inclemency of the weather prevented its being taken with
the others, during the artists stav in town.

&

>4. James, s. Gamal. 18, m. Hannah Walker, of Pemh., May
21, 1807, and lives in P. ch. : 1. Wm. C, lives in Gardiner, Me.
2. James H., of Pemb. 3. Lydia, m. Capt. Allen Dawes, of
Dux'y. 4. Emeline, m. Fred'k Eayres. He is d.

35. Rufus, s. Gamal. 18, m. Hukkh, da. Eleazer Keith, of
Bridg'r., and lives in H., on Broadway, in the house built by
himself, ab. 1823. An upright and honorable member of Society.
ch. : 1. George M., Ap. 13, 1823, in. Mary A., da. David Rams-
dell, May 1852, and lives on Broadway. 2. Reuben, Ap. 10,
1830. 3. Wm. C, May 25, 1838. ,

36. Ezekiel, s. Gamal. 18, m. Lois Daggett, of Att'o.,Dec 6,
1821 ; is a carpenter by trade : and was a master builder and
contractor for many years, in Boston, of the firm of Bates and
Kelsey. He has now retired from business, and resides in Att'o.
A man of enterprise and integrity ; of respectable standing and
highly estcmed. ch. : 1. Jesse D., July 31, 1823, m. Mary E.
Fowle, July 9, 1845, and has Lois D., Sep. 1, 1850. 2. John
T., Nov. 25, 1831. 3. Mary A., Sep. 3, 1836.

37. Capt. Thos. M., s. Capt. Clement 19, m. Lydia, da. Bache-
lor Wing, July 12,1807, and lives at the corner of Winter st., in

256 BATES.

the house built by himself, in 1841, where the old Wing house
stood. He was, for a time, Capt. of the Han. L. Inf. Co. ; Se-
lectman in 1840 and '41; Collector; constable, &c. ch. : 1.
George, Jan. 3, 1808, m. Lucy, da. David Warren, of Plym'h.,
Oct. 25, 1832, and lives on Centre st., near Winter st., and has
George IF., Mar. 16, 1834, d. ae. 2 ; Wm. H., May 8, 1837 ;
and George W., Aug. 12, 1840. 2. Sylvia, Sep. 4, 1809, m.
Stephen Bailey, Mar. 6, 1834. 3. Elizab. B., June 21, 1811, m-
Cyrus Josselyn, Oct. 24, 1833. 4. Thos. M., Mar. 13, 1813,
m. Bethia B. Cook, in 1836, had Lorenzo T. ; his w. d., and he
lives with his fa. 5. Melissa B., Ap. 29, 1816, m. John T. Tri-
bou, Oct. 16, 1835. 6. Sylvanus W., Dec. 23, 1818, m. Rebec-
ca C, da. Thorndike Felton, of N. Salem, N. H., lives in part of
his father's house, and has Lysander F., Mar. 8, 1843 ; and
Lucius TF., Aug. 24, 1849. 7. Hannah B., Ap. 21, 1821.
8. Laura A., Feb. 21, 1824, d. Ap. 4, J.8S0. 9. Mercy T., Dec.
25, 1826, m. Wm. J. Vining, Mar. 5, 1849.

38. Clement, s. Capt. Clement 19, m. 1, Urania Burgess, and
2, Betsey Burgess, and lives in Plymouth, ch. : 1. Ozen. 2.
Ruby, m. Geo. Drew, of P. 3. Hira. 4. Elizabeth, m. Sam'l.
R. Winslow, Mar. 25, 1849.

39. Hira, s. Capt. Clement 19, m. Lucy Josselyn, Feb. 24,
1825, and lives on Broadway, in the house built by himself, ab.
1823. ch. : 1. Lucy C, Ap. 24, 1828, m. David W. Brown, of
E. Bridg'r. 2. Hira W., Ap. 16, 1830. 3. Julia A., Ap. 5,
1832. 4. Ellen A., July 22, 1834. 5. Edwin J., Mar. 18,1837.

40. Joshua, s. Capt. Clement 19, m. Mary S. Palmer, Feb. 3,
18o0, who d. Aug. 3, 1849. "He lives on Broadway, in the house
fitted up by himself, and first built for a Tannery, which business
he followed for a time. ch. : 1. Cordelia, Dec. 6. 1830, m, James
Woodman. 2. Joshua E., Mar. 18, 1833. 3. Albert E., May
11, 1834. 4. Elizab. A., Mar. 27, 1838. 5. Julian, 1842.

41. Horatio, s. Benj. 20, m. Mary, da. John L. Munroe, and
d. in Norton, Mass., leaving ch. : 1. Mary A., 1812, m. Richard
H. Hall, of Norton, and has 6 ch. 2. Horatio, Feb. 3, 1819, m
Sarah H. Sweet, in Sep. 1838 ; lives in N., and has Sarah J
Jan.8,1840, and Savillion II, Feb. 23, 1842.

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42. Dr. James, s. Solomon W. 21, m. Polly Jones, of Fayette,
Me., and has 1, Lydia, is m. 2. Charles A., is m. 8. Emma
C, is m. 4. James M., a physician by profession. The father
stud. Med. with Dr. Ariel Mann, of Hallowell, and after spending
2 yrs. in the army, as a surgeon, he was in Company with Dr.
M. for 6 yrs. He was Rep. to Cong., in 1831-32, and is a
gentleman of fine abilities, and correct deportment.

43. Rev George, s. Solo. W. 21, studied for the ministry under
Rev. Hosea Ballou, of Bos'n, and commenced preaching in 1824.
He was sett. 1st, in Livermore, Me., where he remained until 1830,
and then in Turner, Me., until 1852. He now preaches in Hallo-
well. He m. 1, Hannah Haines, of Livermore, in 1821 ; and 2,
Mrs. Lenora Prince; and has ch. 1. Laverna C, Mar. 17, 1822.
2. Salina M., Jan. 28, 1824. 3. Clarinda S.,Feb. 17, 1826.
4. Harriet C, Jan. 29,1829. 5. George S., May 21,1833.
6. Silas E., Mar. 17, 1835. 7. Hannah L., Mar. 3, 1837.
8. Mary W., Mar. 18, 1839. 9. Adelia P., Feb. 23, 1841.
10. Julia A., June 22,1843. 11. Solomon W., July 7, 1845.
12. Lucella J., Dec. 24, 1851. — Three of the das. are teachers
in Georgia.

44. Thos. 0., s. Joseph N. 25, m. Rebecca Bates, Oct. 11,
1809, is a brick-mason by trade, and lives on Silver St., in the
old Simeon Curtis house, ch : 1. Thos. 0., m. Mary, da. An-
thony Sylvester, lives on Broadway, and has Robert T., Aug. 2,
1848 ; and Silas W., Aug., 1850. 2. Martin S.,a machinist by
trade, m. Olive Walker, lives on Silver St., and has had 2 ch.,
one only of whom is living. 3. Andrew H., Oct. 23, 1813, m.
Abagail N. Cook, May 14, 1844, is a carpenter, lives in Hanson,
and has Gilman, Mar. 20, d. Nov. 11, 1844 ; Giilman, Nov.
1846 ; Zilpha A, Oct., 1849 ; and Silas W., Aug., 1850. 4.
Silas G., 1818, m. Jane Briggs,and d. Sep. 22, 1848: 5. John
G., m. Christiana Clapp, of Scit., Oct. 2, 1845, lives on Wash'n
St., is a shoemaker, and had John G., July 28, d. Sep. 8, 1849*
6. James C.

45. Joseph S., s. Comfort, of Pemb., (and a descendant of
Caleb Bates , of Hm.) m. Sarah, da. Col. John B. Barstow,
Oct. 2, 1820, and lives on Broadway, E. of the Four Corners.

258 BEAL — BENNER — BINNEY — BLANCHARD.

ch: 1. Henrj S., Nov. 1821. 2. Sarah A., Nov. 1823. 3.
John B., Feb. 17, 1826. Merchant at the Four Corners.

46. James, s. John, of Lynn, and gr. s. of John, m. Ann H.,
da. Joseph Damon, Aug. 16, 1838, and lives on Whiting st*
Shoemaker, ch: 1. Lucy, Oct. 27,1838. 2. Susan M., Oct.
24, 1840. 3. James A.* Dec. 12, 1842, d. Sep. 20, 1851. 4.
Joshua S., Nov. 25, 1844. 5. Emma R., Feb. 27, 1847. 6.
Eliza E., Nov. 20, 1848. 7. Esther, Jan. 4, 1851.

BEAL, Zadoc, of Ab'n., s. Noah, (and prob. a desc't. of John,
a shoemaker, who, with his wife, 5 sons, 3 das,, and 2 serv'ts.
came from IFm., Eng. to H'm. Mass. in 1638.) was b. Feb. 10,
1788, and m. 1, Triphena, da, Homer Whiting, May 22, 1816, who
d. Aug. 21, 1820 ; and 2, Rebecca, da. James Whiting, Nov. 30,
1837, and lives on Whiting si, in the house built by Asa Whiting.
Farmer. He wras one of the Selectmen in 1837. ch. : 1. Priscilla,

Oct. 1, 1817, d. May 6, 1824. 2. an inf. son, d. Aug. 11, 1820.

P

BENNER, John H., s. Joseph, of Ab'n., m. Hannah S., da.
Eleazer Josselyn, Jan. 1, 1835, and lives on Pleasant st, with his
fa. -in-law, shoemaker, ch. : 1. Henry G., Jan. 1836. 2. Han-
nah ML, Oct., 1839. 3. John 2., Aug. 30, 1842. 4. Joseph W.,

Nov. 23, 1848.

BINNEY, Spencer, of Hull, m. a da. of John Hatch, of Hano-
ver, and his da. Ann, m. Rev. Aaron Josselyn, of Dux'y., and
resides in D. His son Spencer, b. Sep. 24, 1828, lives in IL, on
Main st., with his fa.-in-law, m. Caroline F., da. Abisha Soule,
and wid. of Martin S. Torrey. Sep., 1849, and has Mercy F., Ap.
23, 1850, and an inf., b. Ap. 27, 1852.

BLANCHARD, Ebenezer and Christopher C, sons of Eben-
ezer, of - outh Weymouth., came to H. in 1844, and com-
menced the shoe business, in which, and in trading, they are
extensively engaged at their stores on Washington st,, in the North-
easterly part of the town. They are both upright, enterprising,
and valuable citizens, and have done much to build up the part of
the town in which they reside.

BONNET — BO WEEK, — BRIGGS. 259

BONNEY, Thomas, was of Dux., in 1643, and was the ances-
tor of most of that name in Plym'h Co. He was a shoemaker by
trade, was of Sandwich, Eng'd., and came to N. Eng. in 1634, in
the Hercules, John Witherley, master.

1. Josiah, s. Josiah, of Pemb., b. Nov. SO, 1794, a dc;jc't.
of Thos. of Dux'y., m. Mercy W.,da. Timothy Rose, Ap. 2,
1820, and lives on Washington, corner of Union si, in the house
built by Mr. Rose. Farmer. Was one of the Selectmen in 1842, 3,
and 4. ch. : 1. Lucy J., Sep. 11, 1820, m. Robert II. Studley,
of H. Oct. 23, 1844. 2. Josiah W., Sep. 17, 1828.

2. Allen F., s. Roland, of Hn., m. Mary R., da. John Ester,
Nov. 1842, and lives on Circuit st. ch. : 1. Mary E., Nov. 21,
1844, d. young. 2. Virginia A., Sep. 26, 1846. 3. Everett,
b. July, d. Sep. 21, 1849, ae. 3 mos.

3. Hiram R., s. Roland, ofHn., m. Elizabeth B., da. John Es-
tes, and lives on Circuit st. ch. : 1. Elizabeth B., Nov. 27,
1842. 2. Ann 11, Feb. 22, 1846. 3. Emma J., July 8, 1848.

BOWKER, Benjamin H., s. Richard, of Hn., is prob. a descend-
ant of Richard, who was in H., in 1729, and resided on the gore,
subsequently annexed to Pemb., and now part of Hn. ; and Rich-
ard was a descendant of James, from Sweden, who was in Scit., in
1680, whose farm was laid out on the east of Burnt plain. (Deane.)
Benjamin H. was b. Sep. 5, 1820, m. Lydia, da. Ephraim Whi-
ting, of Ab'n., July 3, 1843, and lives on Main st. Shoemaker.
No ch.

BRIGGS, Ezra, b. 1724. was s. Joseph, s. Lt. James, s. Wal-
ter, who was of Scit. 1651, and purchased a form of Mr. Hather- •
ly, on the North side of Farm Neck. The cove within the glades
still bears the name of Briggs's .harbor. (Deane.) Ezra d. in
H., Oct. 22, 1804, and his wid, Nov. 26, 1805. He lived back
of where his grandson, Joseph, now resides, East of Washington
st., and was a soldier in the Revolution, ch. ; 1. Ezra, 1758?
2. Enoch, d. unm. 3. Charles, d. unm. 4. Nathaniel, 1764, d.
Dec. 31, 1817. 5. Lydia, d. May 14, 1766. 6. Lydia, bap.
Oct. 5, 1777, m. Benj. D. Fillmore, and d. Jan. 12, 1848. 7.
Moses, d. July 27, 1806. 8. Rachel, d. Feb. 21, 1777. 9. Sal-
ly, d. May 24, 1800, ae. 33. 10. Joseph, bap. Oct, 5, 1777.

260 BROOKS.

2. £? son of Ezra, married 1,

T771^ /^J?Y ntcr^ c^u^/ Margaret, da. William

^/ ^S Curtis, May 13, 1784,

who d. Aug. 16, 1788. and 2, Lydia Southward, of Dux'y., May

I, 1789. He d. Nov. 2; 1815, and his wid. May 1, 1840, ae. 74.
He was out in the Rev'n. It is said that he lived for a time on Main
st., and that his house stood where stands that of Joseph Brooks,
jr. ch. : 1. Martha, and 2. Rachel, bap. Oct. 22, 1786, both d.
Aug. 13, 1792. 3. Ezra, ban. Sep. 21, 1788, d. Feb. 14,1790.
(By 2d.) 4. Hannah, Oct. 1789, d. Aug. 13, 1792. 5. Ezra,
May 16. 1791, m. Elizabeth Ficket, lives in Braintree, Mass.,
and has several ch. 6. Joseph, Dec. 22, 1793. 7. Lydia, Sep.
6, 1795. 8. Hannah, Mar. 5, 1799, m. Dea. Ara Brook*, Feb.
20, 1823. 9. Thomas J., Aug. 20, 1801, d. May 5, 1808. 10.

Sarah W., Sep. 3, 1893, m. Judson Vming, of H., Ap. 24, 1826.

II. Betsey, Ap. 19, 1805, m. Rev. J. M. Spear, of Boston, June
6, 1881, a distinguished philanthropist, and the "Prisoner's Friend. "
12. Martha, Dec. 22, 1806, m. David Vining, of H., May 4,
1828. 13. Thomas J., Sep. 24, 1809, d. Aug. 20, 1813.

3. Joseph, s. Ezra 2, m. Jane Paine, of Newburyport, Ap. 23,
1817. Lived first on Main st. in the house occupied by Henry
Curtis, built by Mr. B. ab. 1820, and now resides on Washiugton
st, in the house built by himself in 1836. Farmer, ch. : 1. Jane,
m. Silas G. Bates. He is d., and she lives with her father. 2.
Joseph. Ap. 18, 1821, m. Mary T., da. Lemuel Dwelley, Nov. 24,
1842, lives at the corner of Union and Main sts., in her father's
house, (who is deceased,) and has Sarah F., Aug. 18, 1843, and
Joseph A., May 8, 1851. 3. John G., Oct. 11. 1823. 4, Wil-
liam S., Feb. 21, 1826. 5. Richard P., Oct. 21, 1828. 6.
Maria A., July 4, 1831. 7. Margaret H., Sep. 29, 1833. 8.
Charles B., Jan. 29, 1838. 9. Elbridge B„ June 13, 1840.

BROOKS or BROOKE, Samuel, was s. Gilbert, s. Nathaniel,
s. William, ae. 20, who, with his bro. Gilbert, ae. 14, came to N.
Eng. in 1685, in the Blessing, John Liecester, master. Wm.
was in Scit. in 1644, and his farm was South of Till's, afterwards
Dwelley's creek. Samuel lived on Walnut street, in a house built
there before the present road was laid out, and to which the ac-

BROOKS. 261

cess was by a cart path through land of Capt. Elisha Carroll, near
his house. By w. Elizabeth, da. Thomas Gray, of Dublin, he had

1. Betsey, m. He man Stoddard. 2. Deborah, m. Cooms House,
Ap. 4, 1796. 3. James, and 4. John, went to Me. Mr. B. d.
in H., May 17, 1829, ae. 87, and his wid. Aug. 27, 1830, ae. 89,
and it is said they lived together, in the married state, nearly 70
years !

sr y / bro. of Samuel, m. 1, Lydia,

'^fiMv lyrV^Kr Stetson, 1769, who d. Aug.

17, 1792 ; and 2, Sarah, Dun-
bar, 1794. He lived on Curtis, now Main st., in the house
owned by James Brooks, and built by Sam'l. Curtis, and there d.
Dec. 20., 1820, ae. 74, and his wid. ab. 1840, ae. 93. ch. : 1.
Curtis, Dee. 12, 1770. 2. Lydia, Mar. 26, 1773, d. May 30,
1849. 3. Sarah, Dec. 22, 1775, m. Zachariah Damon, of H.,
July 2, 1800, and d. Ap. 4, 1847. 4. Ellinor, May 4, 1778, m.
Eeils Damon, Jan. 1, 1810, and d. Nov. 12, 1846. 5. Joseph,
Jan. 1,1781. 6. Abi, Ap. 10, 1783., m. Albert Church, and
lives in Bath, Me. 7. Hannah, Nov. 20, 1785, d. Aug. 6, 1792.

Note. — Mr. B., when but 5 yrs. old, went to live with Sam'l. Curtis,
and remained with him until his death, and then occupied the house until his
own death.

3. Curtis, s. Joseph 2, m. Anne Southward, of Dux'y., Feb. 10,
1793, was selectman in 1811 and '12, and d. Aug. 31, 1817. His
wid. is still living with Mr. Samuel Brooks, on Main st., in the house
built by her husband, and occupied by him until his death, ch : 1.
Samuel, and 2. Thomas, June 7, 1794. 3. Anne, and 4. Ara>
Mar. 17, 1796. Anne, m. 1, James Whiting, Oct, 25, 1817, and

2, Jesse Gray, and d. at Greene, Me., 1847. 5. Hannah, Ap.
7, 1799, m.Jeremiah Belcher, of Randolph, Dec. 22, 1820. 6.
John, Sep. 3, 1802. 7; Ruth,Dec. 31, 1806. A pair of silver
shirt buttons is preserved in this family, a present from Rev. John
Mellen, to Mrs. B., on the birth of her first twins. He did not
repeat the gift on the birth of the second !

4. Joseph, s. Joseph 2, m. 1, Mary Tower, of Scit., Jan. 16,
1803, who d. Mar. 21, 1847; and 2, wid. Hannah Scries, June
10, 1849. Lived in hi3 father's house until his 2d marriage, and

262 BROOKS.

now in the Charles Donnell house, and is part owner of the shingle
and box-board mill, known as Brooks' upper mill. He was Select-
man in 1837. cli. : 1. Mary, Feb. 1, 1804. 2. Lydia S., m.
Silas Ripley, of Ab'n., and d. a wid. Jan. 12, 1847. 3. Lucy,
Nov. 15, 1807, d. Dec. 23, 1825. 4. Deborah, Dec. 17, 1809,
d. Jan 28, 1812. 5. Sarah. D., Mar. 29, 1812, m. Piam C. Whiting,
Sept. 15, 1831. 6. Joseph, July 2,1814. 7. James, Mar. 20,
1817, not m. Lives on Main st, Has been Capt. of the Han.
Artil. Co. 8. Betsey, Ap. 18, 1819, m. Lucius Ford of Ab'n.
She is d. 9. Gilbert, July 18, 1L'1;1, m. Sibyl, da. Abisha Soule,
lives on Main st.,in the house built by himself ab. 1846, and has Ed-
ward tf ., Oct. 3, 1842. and Alfred >S'., Oct. 24, 1846. 10. Charles,
Aug. 31, 1823, m. an Ames, of Ab'n. and went to California,
and after he had left, his w. and only ch. d. (By 2d) 11.
Lydia, Oct. 24, 1850.

5. Samuel, s. Curtis 3, m. Mehitable Larkum, of Beverly, and
lives on Main st., in the house built by Curtis Brooks, ab. 1794.
ch. : 1. Samuel, Mar. 19, 1819, m. Mary Morey, lives in Med-
ford, and has ch. 2. Mehitable, Feb. 3. 1824. 3. Anne S.,
1829, d.ae. 9 wks. 4. Anne S., Sep. 25, 1830, m. Rufus Crane,
of Braintree, Sep. 24, 1850. 5. Elizabeth, 1835, d. ae. 4 wks.

6. Thomas, s. Curtis 3, m. 1, Mary Curtis, Feb. 28, 1816, and
2, Laura Almy, 1837. Was for ab. 12 yrs. Dea. of the Baptist
Church, and moved to Tremont, 111., where his w. d. in 1852. He
is Dea. of the Bap. Church in Tremont. ch. : 1. Thomas, May
26, 1817, d. unm. 2. Wiiiiam, June 27, 1819, m. Julietta Mer-
iam, of 111. and d. leaving no ch. 3. Clarissa, Jan. 24, 1822, m.
Plummer Couch, of 111. 4. Mary A., Aug. 2, 1825, m. Wm.
P. Lazzell, of 111. 5. Curtis, Dec. 6, 1827, d. young. 6. Char-
lotte ? m.. Cushing Jones, of 111.

7. Ara, s. Curtis 3, m. Hannah Briggs, Feb. 20, 1823, and
lives in Bowdoinham, Me. He is Dea. of the Bap. Church in
Richmond, Me. Has Lydia A. ; Elizabeth ; Hannah ; Jane ; Jon-
athan K. ; Ara C. ; and Luther S. Lost 2, d. young.

8. Dea. John, s. Curtis 3, m. Emma Mann, Dec. 4, 1823, and
lives on Main st., in the house built by Levi Mann, ab. 1790, and
which has been occupied by Mr. B. since 1832. He is a respec-

BURGESS — CARY — CHADDOCK. 263

table and intelligent farmer, and is Dea. of the Baptist Church.
ch. : 1. John S., Oct, 27, 1824, m. Nancy C. Binney, June 23,
1850, and lives on Main st., in the house built by himself, in 1851.

2. Levi C, Mar. 5, 1S27, m. Angeline S. Curtis, lives on Main
st., in the house with Melzar Hatch, and has Ella, Jan. 9, 1850.

3. Joseph W., Mar. 3, 1829. 4. Emraa M., June 30, 1831, m.
George W. Curtis, of H. 5. Sarah M., Dec. 12, 1832. 6. Ara,
Ap. 28, 1835. 7. Mary E., Nov. 15, 1837. 8. Hannah E.,
Feb. 26, 1840. 9. Thomas D., June 23, 1843. 10. Elizabeth,
Nov. 4, 1845. 11. George M., d. May 13, 1850, ae. 9 mos.

9. Joseph, s. Joseph 4, m. Emily T., da. Robert Gardner, of

H'm., and lives on Main st., in the house built by himself ab. 1846,

on the spot where stood the house of Ezra Briggs. Has been

Town Clerk and Treasurer, since 1846. A shoemaker by trade.

ch. : 1. Emily A., July 7, 1840. 2. Joseph L., Nov. 30, 1841.

3. Mary E., Ap. 16, 1846.

Note. — There was a Taylor Brooks in II., 1750, a shipwright, but left no
ch. on record.

BURGESS, Benj. F., s. Loamrni, of Harvard, Mass., b. Jan.
23, 1810, m. Matilda, da. Lemuel Jenkins, of Ab'n., and lives in
H., on Washington st., in the old Belcher Sylvester house. A
shoemaker by trade, ch. : 1. Sarah W., 1844. 2. Emory, 1847,
3. Harriet, Sep. 15, 1851. Has lost sev. ch. all of whom d.
young.

CARY, John H., of E. Bridg'r., s. Francis, is a descendant of
John, from Somersetshire, Eng'd., who settled in Dux'y. 1639,
and who was an original proprietor of W. Bridg'r., and the first
Town Clerk. John H. m. Fanny, da. Amos Bates, and lives on
Circuit st. ch. ; 1. Ann A., 1842, d. Dec. 18,1849. 2. John
F. 1845, d. Jan. 8, 1850. 3. Adelia F., Oct. 25, 1850.

. CHADDOCK, Rev. Calvin, Fourth Pastor of the Church in
H., was s. of Capt. Joseph, who d. in H., June, 1812, ae. 88,
and perhaps a descendant of the Chadwiclcs, who were early in
Wat. He grad. Dart. Coll., 1786, m. Melatiah Nye, of Oak-
ham, and sett, first in Rochester, and ihen in H., in 1806, and d.
in Ya., in. 1818 ? He was proprietor of an Academy, in Roches-

264 CHAMBERLIN.

ter, and founder of the Academy in II., and a man highly esteem-
ed, and eminently useful. He was Rep. of the town in 1811.
See the chapters on Education, and on Ecclesiastical History, for
further particulars of his life. His wid. is still living in Boston,
with her son Ebenezer N. ch. : 1. Ebenezer N., 1793, m. Han-
nah G. Fearing, of Wareham, kept store in H., for a time at the
Four Corners, and now resides in Boston, his place of business
being at Comey's Wharf. Has Abby F., m. J. A. P. Allen, mer-
chant, of N. Bedford ; and Sturgis, m. Tirzah, da. Capt. William
Savary, of Wareham, Aug. 1852, and is in Boston, with his fa.
2. Moses G., 1795, resides in N. Y., is m. but has no ch. 3.
Roxa, m. Albert Smith, Esq., now a lawyer in Wash'n. D. C.
4. Mary S., bap. Aug. 23, 1807, m. Mason Campbell, Esq.,
Clerk in the Treas. Dep't. Washington, D. C. 5. Dulce, m. Jas.
McFarland, of Va. 6. Nancy, July 10, 1807, m. Thomas Whit-
taker, of Charleston, Va. 7. John S. S., Oct. 14, 1810. In
California. 8. Sarah S., of Portland, Me.

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CHAMBERLIN, Henry, Shoemaker, according to Daniel
Cushing's Record, with his wife, and mother, and 2 ch., came from
Hm., Eng'd, and sett, in Hm., Mass., in 1638, in which year he
wras freeman, and a grant of 5 ac. of land was made to him " at the
head of Nicholas Jacobs." In 1645, he had a grant of swamp
land, " that is the Towns by the highway to Potkey ? hill ; " and in
both cases, he is called the Smith. He had a son Henry, and he
a son Nathaniel, who was of Scit., and received grants of land in
1693, on the east of Dead Swamp, now called Chamberlin Plain.
He also owned land in Duxbury, in 1710, according to Winsor.
His son Freedom, was of Pemb., b. 1697, m. Mary Soule, Ap. 3,
1722, and had Nathaniel, Sep. 24, 1722, and ten others, several
of whom sett, in Bridg'r, where their descendants still reside '

2. Nathaniel, s. Freedom, of Pemb., m. 1. Sarah Foster, Dec.
17, 1743, who d. 1765 ; and 2, Deliverance, da. Thomas Snell, of
Bridf'r, 1767, and d. in 1814, ae. 91, and his w. the same year,
ae. 86. He was in H. in 1747, and for a few years after. Most

i

See Mitchell's Bridgewater, Deane's Scituate, and Lincoln's Bi-Centen-
nial Address. My sketch of the family is a little different from Deane's and
Mitchell's, and was obtained from the readers of Hm., Scit., and Pemb.

CHAMBERLIN. 265

of his ch. sett, in Bridg'r, and their posterity still reside there.
But one son sett, in H., viz., Josiah, who was b. Oct. 13, 1T64.

3. Josiah, s. Nath'l. 2, was of H., and lived first in a house
owned by Capt. Rob't L. Eells, which stood on Wash'n. st., near
Wm. Curtis's, and then built on Spring st., where his son Josiah
now resides. He m. 1, Lucy Pratt, Nov. 25, 1784, who d. Mar.
26, 1789 ; and 2, Abigail Crooker, of Pemb., Mar. 18, 1790, and
d. Oct. 18, 1829, and his wid. Nov. 7, 1847, ae. 83. (She was
1). Oct. 16, 1764.) ch. : 1. Lucy, Mar. 23, 1785, m. Ezra
Phillips, of P., Sep. 25, 1814, andd. June 7, 1832. 2. Lydia,
Aug. 21, 1788, d. Sep. 14, 1821. (By 2d.) 3. Nabby, Aug.
22, 1796, m. Cephas Perry, Oct. 7, 1838. 4. Josiah, Nov. 17,
1798. 5. Nathaniel F., Jan. 6, 1802. 6. A twin brother of!)STo;
the last, d. Feb. 15, 1802. ( F rj B

4. Josiah, s. Josiah 3, m. Sophia Taylor, of Scit., Aug. 26,
1821, and lives on his father's place. A shoemaker by trade,
ch. : 1. Josiah W., Feb. 11, 1822. 2. Nathaniel P., Mar., 1824,
m. Melatiah, * da. Sam'l. Stetson, Aug. 20, 1848, and lives on
Washington st., in part of Joseph Briggs's house. 3. William H.,
July 19, 1827. Not m. 4. Lucy, Sep., 1834. 5. George, and
6. Francis, b. Aug. 29, 1840.

5. Nathaniel F., s. Josiah 3, m. 1, Phebe Bates, Nov. 10, 1832;
and 2, Mary R. Bates, June 11, 1837, and lives on Centre st., in
the house built by Dan'l. Chapman, where stood the house built by
Ezekiel Stetson, for his father, Seth. ch. : 1. Nath'l. M., Oct. 20,
1833. 2. John B., Mar. 18, d. Oct. 4, 1836. (By 2d.) 3.
JohnB., Jan. 23, 1838. 4. Amos B., Aug. 24, 1839. 5. My-
ron T., Oct. 20, 1843. 6. Ida.

6. Josiah W., s. Josiah 4, m. 1, Melinda Coxe, of H'n., Sep. 12,
1841, who d. Dec. 21, 1845; and 2, Sarah T. Ewell, of Scit., tfov.

. 30, 1848, and lives on Broadway, in part of the Salmond house.
Shoemaker, ch. : 1. Josiah W., Dec. 8, 1843. 2. Mary T.,
June 21, 1845. (By 2d.) 3. Sarah M., Jan. 6, 1850. 4. Alice
G., Ap. 15, 1851.

7. Norman, s. of Alpheus, of Mansfield, Ct., b. May 19,1819,
m. Rebecca S., da. Thomas O. Bates, Oct. 4', 1841, and lives on
Hanover st., in what was the Ephriam Palmer house,, afterwards-

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occupied by Dr. Dwelley, He is a shoemaker by trade, ch, : 1,
Leander E., Aug. 24, 1843, 2, Mira A., Ap. 6, 1847.

Note. — There are several distinct families of Chamberlin's in N. En"1., de-
seendants of different persons who came early to the country. Richard was
in Boston in 1645. Thomas was freeman, 1644. Edmund was in Chelms-
ford in 1665, and there was a family early in Ct. The name is found in
England as early as 1069, and is on the famous Battle Abbey Roll.

CHANDLER, Henry D., s. Isaac, of Dux'y., b. July 14,1825,
came to H. in 1849, lives at the Four Corners, and is a carriage
trimmer, and harness maker, which business he had previously
-carried on in Boston. Not m. See the chapter on Manufac-
tures, &c.

CHAPMAN, Ralph, ae. 20, was of Southwark, Eng'd., and
came to Am., in the Elizabeth, of London, Wm. Stagg, mas-
ter, in 1635. He, was of Dux'y., in 1640, a ship carpenter by
trade, and afterwards of Mf 'd. He m. Lydia Wills, Nov. 23,
1642, and d. ab. 1671, leaving sev. ch., of whom Ralph, had a son
John, who was of Hanover, The name of Chapman is quite com-
mon in England.

2. John, s. Ralph, jr., m. Sarah, da. Abraham Booth, June, 1730,
and was first of Newport, R. I., and then of H., where he d. Jan.
3, 1811, at the advanced age of 105 ! He is said to have re-
tained, to a remarkable degree, his health and vigor to the last,
and about " two years previous to his death, he rode on horseback
a distance of nine miles, to visit his great grand daughter, that he
might hold on his knees her two children, his descendants in the
fifth generation. Going into the yard, he split a log of wood,
mounted without assistance, and returned home."1 He was of the
Society of Friends. But one of his sons has descendants in H.?
viz : John, b. Ap. 5, 1741.

3. John, s.John 2, m. 1, Ruth Torrey, Mar. 13,1766; 2.
Abigail Bates, Mar. 22, 1786 ; and 3, Bethia Gardner, of Pemb.,
Dec. 14, 1790, and d. in H. May 20, 1809, and his wid. in Dec,
1841, ae. 83. The only one of his ch. residing in H., is Daniel, b.
Jan. 27, 1800. The fa. lived for a time, on a small island, in

1 Winsor's Dux'y., p. 244.

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George's swamp, off the road, about one mile from Enos Bates', be-
tween his house and that of Thos. M. Bates.

4. Daniel, s. John 3, m. Clara Burbank, and lived first a short
distance W. of the centre meeting house, where Nath'l. F. Cham-
berlin resides, and built that house. He now lives on Wash-
ington st., on what was formerly the Joshua Simmons' place,
in the house built by himself, which stands where stood that of
Mr. Simmons, which was torn down by Mr. C. ch. : 1. Clarissa,
May 1, 1823, m. William F. Harris, of So. Scit., (b. Mar., 1822,
s. Abiel, of Braintree,) and has Wm. F., May 7, 1846 ; Clara
L., May 27,1848, d. Aug. 18, 1850 ; Charles W,, Oct. 4, 1851
d. Aug. 8, 1852. 2. Harriet, Nov. 1, 1824, m. Laban Wilder,
of So. Scit., July 9, 1844. 3. Ara, Oct, 14, 1827, m. Sally W.,
da. David Damon, had Eugene L., and d. Sep. 1, 1852. 4.
Timothy B., July 18, 1831. 5. Daniel L., Sep. 15, 1834. 6. 7>
Laura A., July 18, 1840. ('

CHURCH, Richard, b. 1608, s. Joseph, was freeman in Bos-
ton, 1630, and Plym'h., 1632, m. Elizabeth, da. Richard Warren,
1636, and was fa, of Col. Benja,, the noted hero of the Indian
Wars. In the life of Col. Church, drawn up by his son Thomas,
it is said that Richard's fa. Joseph, " with two of his brethren,
came early into New England, as refugees from the religious op-
pression of the parent state ;" and Deane suggests, that Richard,
who was early in H'm., may have been one of these " brethren,"
and hence uncle to the warrior ; and this Richard had a son
Nathaniel, probably the one who sett, in Scit., in 1666, whose
farm was on the North River, South of Cornet Stetson's, includ-
ing the bald hills, and his house stood near the river, and nearly
opposite to Job's landing. Fr^m Nathaniel probably descended
Timothy Church, of H.

2. Timothy s. Nath'l. ? and grandson of Nath'l., of Scit. ? m.
Elizabeth Rose, Sep. 5, 1765, and lived E. of Washington St.,
near where Martin Church resides, and there d., Mar. 2, 1776, and
his wid. Mar. 24, 1794. ch. : 1. Timothy, bap. May 29, 1768.
2. Hannah S., b. May 29, 1772, d. Ap. 17, 1795.

3. Timothy, s. Timothy 2, m. Rebecca, da. Samuel Stetson,

268 CHURCH — CLARK.

Nov. 27, 1796, and lived E. of Wash'n. st., where his wid. d.,
July 12, 1850, ae. 75. ch. : 1. Timothy, Sep. 20, 1797, drown-
ed in N. River, May 2, 1815. 2. William, Dec. 19, 1799. 3.
Samuel S., bap. July 4, 1802. 4. Martin, bap. 1805. 5. Eliza-
beth R., bap. Sep. 18,1808. 6. Lucy, 1809, d. July 4, 1812.
7. Harvey, 1816, d. May 14, 1818. 8. An inf., d. Jan. 22, 1820.

4. William, s. Timothy 3. m. Lucy B., da. Robert Sylvester,
July 29, 1821, and lives on Hanover st., on the place formerly
owned by Rev. Mr. Bass, but in the house built by himself, in
1828. A tanner by trade. Was Selectman in 1849. ch. : 1.
Lucy W., Nov. 21, 1824, m. Joseph B. Sylvester, Feb. 8, 1847.
2. Win., Oct. 15, 1827. Lives with his fa., and is unm. 3.
Eliza M., Feb. 1835. 4. Hannah, Nov., 1837. Two ch. d.
young.

5. Samuel S., s. Timothy 3,m. Sarah E.,,da. Robert Sylvester,
Dec. 14, 1828, who d. Dec. 28, 1850. He lives on Wash'n. st.,
in the house built by himself in 1828, on the spot where stood
formerly the house of Jona. Pratt, which was torn down by Mr. C.
ch. : 1. Samuel H., Sep. 15, 1830. Works in Curtis's Forge.
2. Timothy. Oct. 3, 1833. 3. Juletta. 4. Sarah. 5. Adeline.
6. Benjamin, Jan. 25, 1844. 7. Robert. 8. Alice R., Oct. 6,
1850, d. Mar. 10, 1851.

6. Martin, s. Timothy 3, m. Caroline, da. Edward Stetson, in
May, 1832, and lives on Wash'n, st,, opposite his brother's, in the
house built by himself, where formerly stood that of Othniel
Pratt, ch. : 1. Bradbury, Nov. 26, 1838. 2. Hannah M., Jan.
1, 1844.

7. Lewis C, s. David F., of Mf'd., b. Sep., 1816, m. Angeline,
da. Calvin Bates, and lives on Winter st, in the house built by
himself. Carpenter, ch. : 1. Lewis A., Mar. 29, 1839. 2.
Amelia F., Jan. 25, 1841.

CLARK, Thos., came from Plym'h. to Scit, in 1674, and his
farm was on the W. of Walnut tree hill, adjoining that of Cornet
Buck. He m. Martha Curtis, 1676, and had Thomas and others.

CLARK. 269

s> "fi/^ * * . >0 4 ~ 2 ]'r-> succeeded to his father's

OT^oo^^\ &ksi^k Jhousej and by w Alioe Ro_

gers, whom he m. in 1705, had John, of Hanover, and others ;
and he and his w. moved to Rochester, in 1731. (Deane's Scit.,
237.)

2. John, s. Thos. jr., m. Abigail Tolman, of Scit., who d. in H.,
a wid., Aug. 21, 1789, ae. 85. He lived in an ancient house,
two stories high in front, sloping back nearly to the ground, which
stood near the mansion of Mr. Samuel Salmond, on Wash'n. st.,
at the Four Corners. A shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Hannah,
d. in H., unm., Ap. 15, 1810, ae 88. 2. Ruth, m. James Blank-
enship, of Rochester, 1717. 3. Nath'l., 1731 ? 4. Ellrane, Rana,
orEllinor, d. unm., May 15, 1809, ae. 77. 5. John, was in the
Rev'n. war, and d. near West Point, as it is said, by over drinking
at a spring on a sultry day. He was m., and left ch., who moved
to Rochester. 6. Benjamin. 7. Lydia, m. Josliua Barker, of
Rochester, Aug. 3, 1760. 8. Belcher, of H. 9. Abigail, m.
— Bolles, of Rochester? 10. Sage, m. Josiah Mann, jr., Scit.,
Mar. 2, 1769.

3. Nathaniel, s. John 2, lived on Washington si, where Henry
Bates resides, and was a ship-carpenter by trade. He m. Alice
Healy, Nov. 17, 1763, and d. in 1814, ae 73, and his wid. Jan.
11, 1818, ae. 75. See the chap, on Ship building, ch. : 1.
John, m. a Roberts, and d. in Ply'h., leaving ch. 2. Nathaniel,
a ship carpenter, lived first in Plymouth, and then in Rochester,
where he has sons. 3. Benjamin H. 4. Alice, m. Levi Caswell,
July 17, 1795, who d. in Me. 5. Chloe M., m. Jabez Studley, of
H., Feb. 23, 1800.

4. Belcher, s. John 2, m. 1, Ann Wade, June 27, 1771, who d.
ab. 1781 ; and 2, wid. Sarah Perry, da. Nath'l. Josselyn, of Pemb.,
Aug. 4, 1783, lived on Washington st., in a house which stood
where stands that of Mr. Samuel Salmond, and was a ship-car-
penter by trade. It is said that he was out in the Rev'n. ab. 8
mo's., at R. I., and elsewhere. He d. Oct. 17, 1826, ae. 84,
and his wid. ab. 1831. ch. : 1. Silvia, d. Mar. 20, 1799, ae. 25,
2. Barnabas, d. unm., ae. 49. Shipwright. 3. Joseph W. 4.
Zebulon, Aug. 4, 1780. (By 2d.) 5. Ruth, m. Alpha Tribou,

270 CLARK.

and d. in Ab'n., ab. 1846. 6. Sarah, bap. June 21, 1795, m. a
Sampson. 7. Reuben, Feb. 1, 1795, d. unm. 8. Francis, living
in Port'd., Me., is m. and has ch. 9. David, lives in Me. Mari-
ner. Was on the Gurnet in the last war. He is m. and has ch.

5. Benjamin H., s. Nath'l. 3, m. Mary Neal, Oct. 10, 1802,
and had in H., Thos. G., Feb. 21, 1804 ; and Benj. H., Mar. 28,
1805. The fa. moved to Mf'd., where he now resides, and has
other ch., of whom a da., Mary, m. Nath'l. H. Whiting, of M.
Mr. C. was a school teacher part of the time in H ; and after his
removal to Mf'd., was long in the employ of Mr. Jonathan
Stetson.

6. Joseph W., s. Belcher 4, m. Beulah Bassett, of Kigs'n., who
d. Oct. 19, 1847, ae. 67. Lives on Broadway. Followed the
seas in his youth ; but has lately given his attention to farming,
ch. : 1. Ann W., Nov. 22, 1812, m. Joseph C. Stockbridge, and
d. ae. 24. 2. Joseph, July 5, 1815, m. 1, Ann Caldwell, and 2,
Jennet Crook, lives in Medford, and has Julia A., Ulizab., and
an infant. 3. Elizabeth W., May 1, 1818, m. Levi Sturtevant,
May 20, 1849, and lives in Pemb. 4. Lydia, July 14, 1821, m.
Gad J. Bailey, of H. 5. Andrew, Nov. 3, 1825. Works in
Barker's Foundry, on King st. Not m. 6. Sophia B., July
1829. 7. Henry, Nov. 3, 1842. In E. Ab'n., learning the car-
penter's trade.

7. Zebulon, s. Belcher 4, m. Christiana, da. Isaac Josselyn,
1812, and lives on Broadway, near the Four Corners. Black-
smith, shipwright, farmer, &c. ch. : 1. Almira, Dec, 20, 1813,
m. Amander Alden, Oct. 7, 1838, and lives in Bridg'r. 2. Geo.,
Nov. 6, 1815, d. in Washington, N. C, ae. 27. 3. Samuel, Sep.
21, 1817, m. Lydia Eells, and lives in Medford. Has Mary S.y
living. Has lost 2. 4. Charles, July 27, 1819, m. Sarah Cook,
and lives in Pemb. Has Sarah _F., Chas. C, Lomira H., and
Eliza H. Shoemaker by trade. 5. Lovisa, May 13, 1821, m.
Alexander Alden, of Ab'n., June 9, 1850. 6. William, Nov. 23,
1823. Lives with Chas., in Pemb. 7. Priscilla, Jan. 10,
1826, m. George W. Eells, Nov. 16, 1845. 8. Mary A., Nov.
23, 1828.

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CORTHELL, Levi, s. Robert, of Scit., b. June 20, 1742, m.
Debo. Curtis. Oct. 12, 1769, and it is said, lived where Enos
Curtis does, on Whiting st., the place being called CorthelPs hill.
He had several ch., and moved to Me. His son Calvin, b. Feb.
16,* 1775, m. Patience Vinal, of Mf 'd., was a blacksmith, lived
nearly opposite Thos. M. Bates's, on Circuit st., and d. Aug. 16,
1839. His wid. is yet living, ch. : 1. Lucy L., Mar. 17, 1808,
m. Francis B. Ellis, Jan. 9, 1826, who d., and she lives a wid.
with her mo. 2. Calvin C, Aug. 4, 1813, d. May 23, 1814,
3. David, Mar. 16, 1816, m. Phebe S. Pratt, May 9, 1837, who
d. Nov. 5, 1841, having had Phoebe M, Dec. 7, 1838, and Ada-
line, May 29, 1841.

G

^CROOKER^or CROCKER, Daniel, was in H., in 1736, m.
Mary Ramsdell, Ap. 28, 1736, and had Daniel, b. June 5, 1740,
who was father of Ensign, of E. Bridg'r., b. 1770, and gr. fa. of
Ensign, of H. ? — also Tilden, b. 1755, who was of H., and others.

2. Tilden, s. Daniel, was a ship carpenter by trade, and kept
tavern for a time, near the Four Corners, his house being now oc-
cupied by Rufus Farnum. He m. Priscilla Barker, of Pemb., and
d. Sep. 8, 1818, ae. 63. ch. : 1. Capt. Tilden, June, 1782, m.
wid. Dorothy Hillborn, Jan. 16, 1837,. and lived in Boston. 2.
Nathaniel, Mar. 12, 1784, m. Anne L. Smith, Mar. 9, 1806, and
lived in Chas'n. 3. Priscilla, Jan. 21, 1787, m. George Langley,
Esq., lawyer, of Boston. 4. Mary C, Feb. 19, 1790, m. Benja-
min Stockbridge. Jan. 26, 1814, and d. Mar. 1, 1818. 5. Sarah
B., Nov. 14, 1794, m. David Stockbridge, jr. 6. Silvia, Mar. 11,
1798, m. Charles F. Thacher, of Machias, Me., Feb. 1, 1820.

3. Ensign, s. Ensign, of E. Bridg'r., and gr. s. Dan'l., m. 1,
Mary Bailey, Dec. 24, 1828, who d. May, 1841; and 2, Silvia
Foster, Nov. 1841, and lives on Whiting st., in the house built by
Caleb Whiting, jr., and Ezra Whiting, ch. : 1. Charles E., Ap.
28,1830. 2. Henry W., Jan., 1832. 3; Mary E., 1835, d.
Oct. 6, 1845. (By 2d.) 4. James F., Aug. 1, 1842. 5. John
H., Feb. 20, 1847.

Note. — We think it prob. that Dan'L, of H., descended from Francis
Crooker, who was in Scit., in 1748, and who m. Mary Gaunt, of Banstable,
1647. Deane says of him, that " he has posterity in H."

272

CURTIS.

THE CURTIS FAMILY.

County of Kent. .
Arms : Arg. a chev sa. betw. three

bulls heads, caboj^H, gu. ^

Crest : A Unicorn pass, or, betw. four

trees ppr.

CURTIS, Corteis, &c, an ancient English Family, settled
in the Counties of Kent, and Sussex. (See Berry's Genealogies.)
Stephen Curtis, was of Appledore, Kent, ab. 1450, and several of
his descendants were Mayors of Tenterden, a town from which
some of the first settlers of Scituate came. The earlier desc'ts. of
this pedigree, are taken from an original pedigree, in the posses-
sion of the family, under the hand and seal of office of Sir Wm.
Segar, Garter King-of-Arms, transcribed by John Philpot,
Blanch Lion, and entitled, " This descent of the auntient familie of
the Curteises, in the Co. of Kent, gents., faithfullie collected out
of the office of Arms, the public records of the kingdom, private
evidences of the familie, and other venerable monuments of an-
tiquitie ;" in which pedigree, and also in several old MSS., in the
Harleian Coll., in the Brit. Mus., the arms of the family are given
as annexed, without reference to any particular grant, but as
borne by them in virtue of ancient usage.

William Curtis, came to N. Eng., in the Lion, in 1632, and was
/ of Boston in that year, and afterwards of Rox'y., where his de-

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scendants still reside. He was the ancestor of Geo. T., and Benj.
R., Esq'rs., of Boston.

Richard, William, and John Curtis, were of Scit., in 1643, and
Thos., in 1649, who was of York, Me., and who returned there.
John left no descendants on record. A few of the desc'ts. of
Thos., are in Scit., and elsewhere; and more of the desc'ts. of
Richard. The desc'ts. of Win., are quite numerous, in Scit., Han-
over, and other towns in Mass. These are here given.

*1, William, bro. of Richard and John, was in Scit, in 1643,
but the name of his wife is not given, nor have have we found the
date of his death. His farm was on the North River, next South
of the Wanton farm, (Deane,) and he was a member of the 2nd
Church. His ch. were, 1. Joseph, May 1664. 2. Benj., Jan.,
166T. 3. Wm, Jan., 1669. 4. Jno., Feb., 1671. 5. Miriam,
Ap.,1673. 6. Mehitable, Dec, 1675. 7. Stephen, Sep., 1677.
Left no desc'ts. on record. 8. Sarah, Aug., 1679, m. Wm. Cook,
Aug. 30, 1705. 9. Sam'l., June, 1681.

"2. Joseph, s. Wm. 1, by w. Rebecca, had 1. Joseph, Mar. 23,
1694. 2. Josiah, Ap. 5, 1697. 3. Rebecca, May 9, 1699. 4.
Martha, Feb. 14, 1701, prob. m. Benj. Mann, Feb. 4, 1724. 5.
Richard, Nov. 8, 1702, prob. d. unm., in H., April. 28, 1768
~6. Elisha, Feb. 20, 1705. 7. Thankful, Jan. 17, 1708. 8. Jesse,
Oct. 17, 1709. 9. Peleg, bap. Oct. 12, 1712. No desc'ts. are
recorded.

3. Benj., s. Wm. 1, m. Mary Silvester, in 1689, and, it is said,
built the Curtis mills, on the Third Herring Brook, now owned by
T. J. Gardner, Esq. ch. : 1. Mary, Aug. 22, 1691, m. Meletiah
Dillingham, Oct. 28,1723. 2. Benj., Dec. 14,1692. 3. Eben'r.,
Aug. 1, 1694. 4. Lydia, Feb."27, 1693, m. Joseph House, jr.,
Dec. 13, 1716. 5. Sarah, Dec. 20, 1697, m. Sam'l. Clapp, jr.,
Jan. 7, 1725. 6. Ruth, Jan. 14, 1700. 7. Susanna, Mar. 23,
1702, d. Ap. 14, 1714. 8. Debo., Aug., 1704. 9. Wm., July,
1706, m. Martha Curtis, Nov. 3, 1738, lost 3 ch., d. young, and
had Anna, May 19, 1748, m. Jno. Curtis. 10. David, June 26,
1708. 11. Peleg, Sep., 1710. "*"

4. Wm., s. Wm. 1, was m., and prob. had 1. Mary, who m.

274 curtis.

Joseph Benson, of Hull, May 17, 1727. 2. Rachel, who m.
Neh'h. White, Ap. 25, 1737, and 3. a son Wm.^b. ab. 1696.
The records of this family are wanting.

5. John, s. Wm. 1, m. Experience Palmer, Mar. 4, 1708, andr
according to Deane, settled near Hugh's Cross. We think it is
prob. that his house stood where stands that of the late Lem'l.
Curtis, on Washington, near Silver st. ch. : 1. John, Mar. 14,
1709. 2. Bezaleel, Sep. 9, 1711. 3. Susannah, bap. Oct. 16,
1714. 4. Elizabeth, bap. May 28, 1721. ■

6. Sam'L, s. Wm. 1, m. Anna Barstow, Sep. 11, 1707, and,
according to Deane, settled on the paternal farm. He owned
land in H., and was part owner of the first sawT-mill erected on
Main street. His ch. were, 1. Sam'L, June 24, 1708, m. Han-
nah Whiting, of H'm., Nov. 14, 1739, who d. Oct. 26, 1789, ae.
72, and he, Mar. 24, 1794, ae 86. No ch. Lived on Main st. ;
and Mr. Sam'L Brooks, who was named from him, has in his pos-
session a silver watch, and a pair of buckles, a legacy from Mr. C.
2. Anna, Ap. 14, 1711, d. Dec. 30, 1787, ae 77. 3. Martha,
Aug. 3, 1713, m. Wm. Curtis, Nov. 23, 1738. 4. Miriam, Jan.
7, 1715-6. 5. Debo., Feb. 7, 1717-8. 6. Simeon, June 1,
1720. 7. Amos, July 15, 1722, m. Mary Faunce, of Kigs'n.. in
1744, lived in Scit., on the homestead, and d. in 1748, and his
wid. m. Nath'l Church. He had ch., Samuel, Feb. 19, 1745, and
Amos, Feb. 4, 1747, d. young. 8. Mehitable, Sep. 9, 1726.

s. Joseph 2, m. Mary

7. // j? ^ >/ ^ Palmer, Septem. 27,
CX]-*^L g^^/ 1727, who d. Ap. 9,

1750, and he, Dec. 31,
1753. Lived on Circuit st, it is said, and, with Joseph House,
was proprietor of the mill, afterwards called Eliab's mill. He was
known as Grovernor Curtis, and was a man of enterprise in his day.
ch. : 1. Mary, Aug. 1, 1729, m. Wm. Gould, of Bridg'r., Dec.

25, 1751. 2. Joseph, Sep. 21,1731, m. Abigail , and d.

Aug. 14, 1759, having had Joseph, 1754, and $eth, 1757. 3.
Joshua, Sep. 22, 1733. 4. Experience, July 28, 1735, d. June
25, 1738. 5. Stephen, bap. July 15, 1739, d. May 11, 1817 ?
6. Thankful, Ap. 2, 1742.

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. . A s. Joseph 2, m. Sarah
lAsy^L/lA Collamore, January 1,
1729, and d. in' H,
Feb. 26, 1777. Lived on Curti3, now Main st., and was an ex-
tensive landholder, ch. : 1. Abner, 1727. ? 2. Rebecca, bap.
Dec. 19, 1731, d. Mar. 10, 1732. 3. Seth,bap. Aug. 25, 1734,
d. July 27, 1751. 4. Job, bap. Aug. 17, 1736, lived on Mainst.,
and d. unm., Ap. 6, 1804. He was Selectman in 1781.

"*9. Elisha, s. Joseph 2., m. 1, Martha , and 2, Sarah Chit-
tenden, Nov. 12, 1741, and seems to have lived on the lane now
leading to T. J. Gardner's mill, in Scit. ch. : 1. Mehitable, bap.
May 18, 1735, d. young. 2. Elisha, bap. Ap. 3, 1737. 3.
Zechariah, bap. Nov. 25, 1739, m. Lydia Palmer, Jan. 21, 1762,
and had Zech., 1763, and Lydia, 1767. (By 2d.) 4. Mehitable,
d. Aug. 10, 1744. 5. Martha, bap. June 2, 1745. -6. Calvin,
bap. Sep. 27, 1747. 7. Luther, bap. Ap. 9, 1749. 8. Mehit-
abel, bap. Aug. 11,1751. f J

10. Jesse, s. Joseph 2, m. Sarah Mann, Sep. 20, 1739, and d.
in II., July 22, 1759, and his wid. Nov. 17, 1802, ae. 80. Lived
on Curtis st. ch. : 1. Elijah, Ap. 16, 1740, d. Feb. 7, 1824.
2. Abel, Mar. 21, 1742, m. Ruth Turner, Feb. 12,1776, and had
Abel, 1777, Gideon, 1779, and Rutli, ,17.84. 3. Jesse,

1744. 4. Debo., Ap. 17, 1716. ^^shorn^ FebJ;i_174813//
Mary Stetson, in 1780, and moved to"Me. chTb. in H. : Briggs,
1776; Diana, 1777 : Crershom, 1781 ; Turner, 1785 ; and Chas.,
1787. 6. Sarah, Feb. 17^50, prob. d. Jan. 28, 1775. 7.
Charles, July 10, 1752. Left no desc'ts. on record. 8, Amos,
Oct. 31, 1759, d. Mar. 8, 1808. 9. Orpha, Oct. 16, 1759, m.
Thos. Farrow, in 1807.

11. Benj.,s. Benj. 3, m. Hannah Palmer, Dec. 13,1716, andd.
in H., Feb. 21, 1756. H3 was Selectman in 1727 and '28. ch. : 1.
Benj., bap. Ap. 27, 1718, d. young. 2. Thos., bap. Sep. 4, 1720, m.
i, Sarah Utter, Aug. 20, 1741, who d. Dec. 28, 1753; and 2, Ruth
Rose, Feb. 26, 1756, and had Hannah, 17 42, d. 1749 ; Debo.,
1744, m. Levi Corthell, 1769 ; Sarah, 1746 ; Thos., 1750 ;
Lydia, b. and d. 1754 ; Faith, 1757 ; Ruth, 1759; and Hannah,

276 curtis.

1762. 3. Luke, bap. Mar. 11, 1722. Left nodesc'ts. on record.

4. Hannah, bap. Mar. 1, 1724. 5. Caleb, bap. May 8, 1726,

prob. m. Mercy Low, of H'm., Oct. 30, 1752. 6. Nath'l., bap.

Mar. 31, 1728, in Scit. Left no desc'ts. on rec. 7. Benj., bap.

Oct. 4, 1730, in H. 8. Rachel, bap. Oct. 4, 1730, m. John

Gould, Bridg'r., Oct. 26, 1749. 9. Mary, July 15, 1732, m.

Marlboro' Turner, Nov. 26, 1753. 10. Relief, Oct. 1738.

Note. — There was a Benj., who m. Naomi Bailey, Mar. 9, 1741, and
had Ezra, Sep. 10, 1741; Stephen, May 15, 1744; Benj., Feb. 22, 1747;
Nath'L, Ap. 16, 1749 ; and Jacob, Mar/ 22, 1753, A little obscurity hangs
over these families, which we have found it difficult entirely to clear up.

12. Ebenezer, s. Benj. 3, from the best information I can gam
m. Elizabeth Ramsdell, Feb. 2, 1749, and d. Mar. 6, 1753, and
his wid. m. Joseph Bates, Jan. 3, 1761. He had ch. : 1. Elizab.,
May 18, 1750, prob. d. Dec. 9, 1810. 2. Wm, Oct. 14, 1751,

m. Rebecca , and d. June 25, 1793, and his wid. m. Isaac

Turner, Aug. 28, 1795. His ch. were Wm. 6r., bap. June 25,
1775, stud. Law with Benj. Whitman, Esq., and d. June 25,
1795 ; Bufus, 1777, d. 1791 ; Rebecca, bap. May 23, 1779, m.
Ozias YvHhiting, Mar. 2, 1797 ; Saba, bap. Sep. 16, 1787, m.
Richard Estes, May 15, 1803 ; and Samuel, bap. July 4, 1790,
d. Sep. 12, 1792.

13. David, g. Benj. 3, m. Bethia Sprague, of Dux'y., Dec. 14,
1732, and had in H., 1. Nehemiah, Jan. 3, 1733. 2. Ezekiel,
Ap. 30, 1735. 3. Paul, May 29, 1737. 4. Michael, Ap. 30,
1739. 5. David, Aug. 23, 1741. 6. Ruth, July 31, 1743.
After this date, the family disappears, and we find- no farther trace
of it. The father prob. moved from the town with his ch., — a»*>

C* -trailition sajs, tu the Woatorn part of Mm3.^ctAJei(^*(x /fee, ,

/^p) fj /"^ . /fl s. Benjamin 3, m. Experience Ford,

' 14 jctd^ t^hpCJ ab. 1749, and lived in Scit., in the

a ^-^ house afterwards occupied by his

son Peleg, and now owned by his gr. s. Philip. He was quite a
business man, a substantial farmer, and a man of industry and
thrift, ch. : 1. Lucy, d. unm., ab. 1825. 2. Experience, m^
Sam'l. Randall, of Scit. 3. Peleg. 4. Bethia, m. Jas. Gray, ab.
1785. 5. Thankful, m. Peleg Simmons, of Scit. 6. Leafy, d.
young. 7. Joseph, Jan. 12, 1766,

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is. ^iJOi^i C ^^ s- Wm- 4> m* Marsarefc
yviAw* * ^ Prattj Jan 29? 1718j and

d. in H., Mar. 4, 1737. Prob. lived on Curtis st. ch : 1. Abel,
Nov. 24, 1719. Left no desc'ts on record. 2. Jael, or Joel?
Aug. 14, 1721. No desc'ts. are recorded. 3. Wm., Aug. 27,
1724, (in. Martha Mann, Nov. 13, 1747, and d. Jan. 11, 1759 ?
leaving ch. : Wm., Dec. 4, 1748, m. Debo. Curtis, Jan. 5, 1775,
was Selectman in 1786, d. June 26, 1793, and his desc'ts. are in
Me. ; Martha, Dec. 11, 1750, m. John Barnes, jr., H'm., Feb.
16, 1772 ; Abel, Aug. 10, 1752 ; Joel, June 28, 1754 ; Samuel,
May 24, 1756 ; and Margaret, June 28, 1758, m. Ezra Briggs,
jr., May 13, 1784.) 4. Marg't., Nov. 6, 1726, m. Jno. Barnes,
H'm., Dec. 24,1746. 5. Reuben, Feb. 6, 1729. 6. Lemuel, ^OS^
Nov. 9,1731. 7. Mehitable, Nov. 1, 1734, m. Elijah Waters,
of H'm., Mar. 31, 1755.

Note. — Ebenezer, s. Wm., jr., m. Zintha Stetson, and had ch., of whom
a da. Cynthia, m. Wm., 'Whiting, of II., and Mary H., m. Benj. Munroe.
He had other ch., most of whom are m., and live in Me.

16. John, s. John 5, m. 1. Abigail Waters, r$f H'm., Sep. 23,
1738 ; 2, Sarah Franklin, of H'm., June 29,1732 ; and 3, Mary
Bryant, of Scit., Nov. 6, 1738, who d. June 2, 1797, ae. 86, and
he Mar. 23, 1799, ae. 90. He had no ch. by his first w. By
the 2d. w. he had, 1. Sarah, Mar. 16, 1733. 2. Miriam, Oct. 20,
1734. 3. John, May 6, 1737, d. young. (By 3d.) 4. Betty,
Aug. 26, 1739, m. Solo. Bryant, of Plympton, May 1, 1766. 5.
John, Jan. 2, 1741. 6. An infant d., Ap. 23, 1743.

nu]u?oXec£ &?&>*' Jolm 5' m* Mar? — >

\Jj who d. Mar. 8, 1792, ae.

73, and he, Ap. 26, of the same year. He built the house on the
W. side of Washington st., a few rods S. of Hiram Gardner's,
and there lived and d. ch. : 1. Susanna, June 8, 1744, m. Thos.
Hatch, Jan. 12, 1769. 2. Eben'r., Sep. 28, 1745, (m. Mary
Randall, of Scit., who d. in Oct., 1800, and he, Aug. 12, 1807.
Lived where Hiram Gardner now resides, and had Clarissa, bap.
Aug. 16, 1778, m. Nath'l. Winslow, jr., of Scit."; Oct. 13, 1796 ;
Paid, bap. June 13, 1779, d. unm. ; and Michal, bap. June 16,

278 curtis.

1786, m. Col. John Collamore, of Scifc., and had 12 ch., of whom
are John, Esq., dealer in glass and china ware, Boston, and Davis
and Eben'r.,of N. York.) 8. Mary, bap. Oct. 2, 1748, d. ae.
18. 4. Prince, bap. Ap. 1, 1750, d. Oct. 31, 1815. 5. Ex-
perience, bap. Jan. 6, d. Jan. 7, 1754. 6. Experience, bap. Ap.
13, 1755, d. Jan. 1842. 7. Elizabeth, bap. Oct, 1757, d. Dec.
9, 1810. 8. Paul, bap. Jan. 24, 1763, cl. unm. 9. Nabby, bap.
Sep. 9, 1764, d. Oct. 1, 1787.

18* ^ (Capt. Simeon,) s. Samuel

VyU^Ccm /z?^-^> 6' m' 1- Asenath Sprague,

C of Duxbury, April 20, 1742,

who d. September 14, 1757; and 2, wid. Lucy Macomber,
and d. March 7, 1810. Lived in the house now occupied
by Thomas 0. Bates, W. of Silv or st, and was a man of note
in the town ; highly intelligent, and useful in public aftairs. ch. :
1. Simeon, July 4, 1743, d. Nov. 14, 1753. 2. Melzar, Ap. 17,
1745. 3. James, July 17, 1747. Moved • to Freeport, Me., m.,
and had James, Simeon, &c. Was Rep. to the Mass. Leg., from
Me. 4. Asenath, Nov. 21, 1749, d. Nov. 3, 1753. 5. Lusanna,
Nov. 25, 1753, m. Elijah Stetson, Dec. 13, 1791. 6. Simeon,
Oct. 11, 1756. (By 2d.) 7. Barker, bap. Nov. 18, d. Dec. 2,
1759. 8. Lucy, May 4, 1761, d. Dec. 17, 1793. 9. Asenath,
bap. June 19, d. July 1, 1768. 10. Mary, July 30, 1767, m.
Job Young ? 11. Barker, Nov. 11, 1769, stud. Law with Benj.
Whitman, and had an office for a time where Hiram Curtis now
lives, but finally mo\red to Me., and m., but had no ch.

19. Joshua, s. Joseph 7, m. Abigail House, Dec. 17, 1761, and
sett, in Ab'n., where both he and his w. d. ch. : 1. Joshua. 2.
Abigail, m. Ebed Vining, of Ab'n. 3. Rufus. 4. Joseph, prob.
lost at sea. 5. Marlboro1. 6. Leafv, m. Isaac Burrill. 7. Seth.

t/ '

20. Abner, s. Josiah 8, m. 1, Debo. Mann, in 1749 ; (Scit,
Rec.) 2. Sally Ford, July 3, 1766, who d. May 2, 1795, ae.
64 ; and 3, wid. Phebe Dunbar, formerly a Howard, Ap. 6, 1799,
and d. inH., Sep. 18, 1799, ae 72 A curious document, con-
taining the marriage contract between Mr. C, and his 3rd w., is in
the possession of Dea. John Brooks, of H. Mr. C. lived on Curtis,
now Main st., near the Baptist Church, ch. : 1. Abner, 1754 ?

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2. Debo., m. Wm. Curtis, jr., Jan. 5, 1775. 3. Seth. 4. Hul-
dah, in. Eells Damon, July 6, 1775. 5. Rebecca, m. Stephen
Damon. .

21. Elisha, s. Elisha 9, m. 1. Elizabeth Studley, Jan. 15, 1760,
who d. July 10, 1776 ; 2, Elizabeth Church, July 20, 1777, who
d. Nov. 15, 1795, ae bo ; and 3, wid. Macomber, of Mf 'd. Lived
near Gardner's mill, also at the Tiffany place, and finally moved
to N. Salem, BT- H. ch. : 1. Reuben, m. Hannah Barker, of
Pemb., and prob. d. Mar. 9, 1806, ae. 44. 2. Betty, bap. Ap.
15, 1764, m. Thos. Macomber, jr., Mf 'd., Ap. 3, 1794. 3.
Martha, bap. Oct. 19, 1766, d. unm. 4. Temperance, m. Nath'l.
Stetson, Nov. 7, 1793. 5. Philip, bap. Aug. 12, 1776, d. same
year. 6. Rebecca, m. Elisha Barker, of Pemb., Feb. 15, 1797.

7. Elisha, m. Hannah Curtis, and went to N. Salem, in 1802.

8. Lucinda, 1817, d. June 21, ae. 23.

/) /J wo J. (Captain Calvin,) s.- Elisha 9, m.

^22.£^Ww, (Jcy^^^} Martha Bryant, and lived on Mill

st., where T. J. Gardner, Esq., now resides. His old house
is gone. He was an officer in the Rev'n., and one whose name is
often alluded to on the Rev'y. Rolls, and the records of the town.
See chapter 8. ch. : S.. Calvin, Oct. 23. 1777, moved to
Camden, Me., m. and d. there, leaving 3 sons. 2. Capt. Edward,
Sep. 10, 1779, m. Desire Jacobs, Mar. 24, 1811, lived on his
father's place, wras a carpenter by trade, and a man much re-
spected. He d. Nov. 12, 1845, leaving one da. Elvira, Ap. 2,
1814, m. T. J. Gardner, Esq., Nov. 29, 1832. 3. James, May
21, 1781, m. Prudence Bird, and lived and d. in Charlestown,
Mass., leaving ch. 4. Lebbeus, May 10, 1783, lived in Chas'n.,
was m., and went into the Army, in the war of 1812. 5. Mary,
Aug. 25, 1785, m. Joseph Tibbett, of Methuen. 6. Martha,
Ap. 4, 1789, d. unm.,, Mar 25, 1847.

23. Jesse, s. Jesse 10, m. 1, Hannah Peterson, of Scit., July
27, L768, who d. Aug. 5, 1791; and 2, wid. Lucy Morton, form-
erly a Leavitt, and d. Dec. 13, 1811, ae. 68. Lived on Main st.,
where the wid. Thomas now resides, ch. : 1. Hannah, m. Elisha
Curtis, Nov. 29, 1787. 2.' David, Jan. 22, 1781. 3. Jesse,
Dec. 24, 1783. 4. Joseph, Feb. 12, 1786.

280 CURTIS.

24. Peleg, s. Peleg 14, m. Ruth Bowker, lived in Scit., was a
farmer, and d. in June, 1834, and his wid. Dec. 14, 1845, ae. 86.
ch. : 1. Leafy, Mar., 1783, m. Stowers Clapp, and d. ab. 1803,
leaving a son Edward, who is in Pawtucket. 2. Philip, June 5,
1786, a carpenter by trade, m. Sarah Everton, of Canton, and has
Leafy, m. Wm. Ulman, of Boston ; and Sarah, m. Samuel. Q.
Cochran, of Boston. 3. Stephen, Feb. 1792.

25. Joseph, s. Peleg 14, m. Polly Bowker, Feb. 1, 1808, and
lived in So. Scit., near the 3d Herring brook, where he d. Nov. 7,
1834. His wid. survives, ch. : 1. Leafy, Nov. 29,1808, m.
Joel Bowker, and lives in Bos'n. 2. Joseph, Aug. 10, 1810, d.
Aug. 5, 1811. 3. Joseph, June 11, d. Nov. 14, 1812. 4.
Joshua, July 21, 1814, m. Frances M., da. Seth Curtis, lives in
Brighton, and has Joshua F., July 1, 1848. 5. Peleg, Oct. 18,
1818, a carpenter by trade, m. Abby S., da. Seth Curtis, and
hatf Sophronia L., Sep., 1849, and an inf. s., b. 1852. 6. Joseph,
Jan. 4, 1822. Merchant, of the firm of Curtis, Sampson, & Qo.,
Kilby st., Boston. Not m.

26. Reuben, s. Wm. 15, m. Mary Randall, who d. Mar. 25,1757,
and he May 15, 1758, leaving one son, Snow, bap. Aug. 10, 1755.

^^^? /? y '. the son, was Selectman of H. for

kJS/Z&Zo' J^ c^y^^y eighteen years, and possessed fine

business talents. He m. Bathsheba Hatch, lived on his father's
place, on Wash'n. st., where Wm. Curtis now resides, and there
d. of a cancer, Dec. 31, 1823,. and his wid. Nov. 2, 1831, ae 70.
ch. : 1. Reuben, 1 26, 1784, d. Feb. 20, 1818. 2. Bela,
Nov. 20, 1785, d. Ap. 17, 1803. 3. Capt. Levi, Oct. 29, 1787,
m. Ruth Rogers, in 1814, lives on Elm st., was Selectman from
1821-1826 ; T. C, from 1815-18 ; and Capt. of the H. Artil. Co.
No ch. 4. Bathshua, Oct, 2,1789, d. Oct. 28, 1794. 5. Rob-
ert, Ap. 1., 1791, m. Katurah Studley, Ap. 16, 1826, lives on
Wash'n. st., and has Bobert S., Feb. 12, 1827, Clerk with S.
Josselyn. 6. Mary R., Ap. 28, 1793. 7. Barshua, July 31,
1798, m. Luther Curtis, Jan. 30, 1820. 8. Wm., Ap. 9, 1800,
m. Sarah Winslow, Mar. 3, 1833, lives on his father's place, and
has Mary W., and Sarah J.

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s. William 15, m. Ruth
, Mann, Jan. 16, 1752?
(M^U4 and d. Jan. 11, 1807,
and his wid. July 29,
1808. He owned part of the Forge in H., now known as the Cur-
tis Forge, and lived on Wash'n. st., where his grand-son John now
resides. He was Selectman from 1773-78. ch. : 1. Lemuel, Ap.
1753, d. June 27, 1767, being drowned. 2. Ruth, bap. Dec. 21,
1755, d. June 28, 1790. 3. Olive, bap. Ap. 8, 1759, d. July
14, 1798. 4. Lillis, bap. Mar. 22, 1761, d. Nov. 5., 1776. 5.

(Reuben, Esq.,) bap. Ap.

/l^J^ 6^ 24' 1763< m' Abisail Bai-

Dec 24,1841, and he Dec. 18, 1849. " He wasT. C. from 1807-
'15 ; Rep. from 1815-'18, and from 1823-'25 ; li ,d where Capt.
Thos. B. Donnell does, on Elm st. ; was part owner of the Forgo,
and a trader. Left one da. Muth, b. July 18, 1805, m. Capt.
Thos. B. Donnell, in 1843, and d. Jan. 23, 1849. 6. Consider,
1765. 7. Sarah, bap. Ap. 30, 1769,-d. Nov. 17, 1802. 8.
Lydia, bap. Jan. 6, 1771, d. Unm. ab. 1838. 9. Lemuel, June 6,
1772. 10. Nath'l., Sep. 14, 1777.

28. John, s. John 16, m. Anne Curtis, Mar. 28, 1765, who d.
Jan. 14, 1823, ae. 75, and he Sep. 26, 1799. Lived on Curtis
st., near where Joseph Dwelley now does. His house is gone. —
He was Selectman in 1779. ch. : 1. Debo., d. unm. 2. Anne,
bap. Dec. 14, 1766, d. Aug, 28, 1834. 3. Charlotte, bap. Jan.
3, 1768, d. Aug. 23, 1800. 4. John, 1770. 5. Wm.,bap. Ap.
24, 1774, d. July 3, 1800. 6. Alathea, bap. Oct. 27, 1776, d.
June 9, 1777. 7. Alathea,bap. Dec. 20, 1778, d. Ap. 16, 1801.
8. Sam'l., bap. July 25, 1784, d. Aug. 20, 1826. 9. Lucius, bap.
May 29, 1791, moved to Me., m. and has ch. 10. Mary, bap.
Oct, 6, 1799, m. Thomas Brooks, Feb. 28, 1816, moved to Me.,
and d. there. 11. Christopher, moved to Me., and there jeL-- 12.
Nath'l., went to Me., m. and had ch.
18

282 curtis.

j s (Melzar Esq.,) s. Capt. Sim-

29. ^pY^/ v^2f>^- 2:^7 eon, 18, m. Keziah, da. Dr.
^ Jere. Hall, Ap. 25, 1771,

and d. Nov. 8, 1801, and his wid.Mar. 9, 1816. Lived on Silver
st., where the wid. of his son Melzar resides, in the house now own-
ed by Martin S. Bates, built by Mr. C. and his bro. Jas. He was
Selectman from 1783-'85 ; Rep. in 1784, and from 1790-'92 ;
and T. C. from 1787-'93. ch. : 1. Keziah, Aug. 25, 1771, in.
Joseph Gushing, Nov. 6, 1794, and moved to Me. 2. Jeremiah,
Feb. 25, 1776, d. Dec. 1, 1798. 3. Joanna, July 15, 1784, m.
Dr. David Bailey, of Scit., Nov. 7, 1801. 4. Lusannah, June
25, 17S9, d. Ap. 16, 1790. 5. Melzar, Feb. 3, 1774, d. Jan. 25,
1777. 6. Melzar, Esq., bap. July 12, 1778, m. Sarah Collamore,
sister of Col. John, of Scit., lived on Silver st., was Rep. in 182ii
and '26 ; T. C. from 1818-'24 ; and Selectman for 11 years. —
Left no ch. He d. in Jan., 1836. 7. Asenath, May 8, 1781,
m. Geo. Bailey. 8. Laurentia, Feb. 4, 1787, d. May 4, 1790.—
9. Luther, Ap. 20, 1791, a carpenter by trade ; lived on Silver
St. ; m. Bathshua Curtis, Jan. 30, 1820, and d. Aug. 25, 1844,
leaving Bathshua, Oct. 6, 1822, and Wm. IL, May C, 1825, m.
Susan M. Tower, of Braintree, Nov. 7, 1852, and lives in his
father's house.

30. Capt. Simeon, s. Capt. Simeon 18, m. Bathsheba Sylves-
ter, Dec. 13, 1791, and sett, in E. Bridg'r., where he d. in 1837,
ae. 80. Ho was a soldier in the Rev'n. ch. : 1. Bathsheba, 1791,
m. Capt. Isaac Keith, of Bridg'r., in 1815, and has Quincy A.,
m. Priscilla Hathaway, Iras 3 ch., and lives in Ky. ; Robert C,
m. Louisa Keith, and has 1 ch. living ; B 'athsheb a, not m. ; Isaac;
and Simeon C. 2. Silvester, 1795, m. Heman Keith, of East
Bridg'r. No ch. 3. Simeon, 1797, is unm., and lives on his
father's place, in E. Bridg'r. 4. Robert, 1799, m. Abby M., da.
Dan'l. Bryant.

31. Joshua, s. Josh. 19, was a shipmaster in early life, m. Nan-
cy Ridyard, of Eng'd., and sett, in Ab'n., where he d. in Ap.,
1825, ae. 62. ch. : 1. Joshua, 1791. 2. Rufus, m. a da. of Dea.
Elijah Shaw, of Ab'n., lives in E. Randolph, and has ch. 3.

curtis. 28-3

John, 1797, m. Eliza Holbrook, lives in E. Ab'n., is a shoema-
ker, and has Eliza E., m. Jesse Reed, of Ab'n. ; Sarah H, m.
Turner Reed; Mary L., m. Win. Fobes ; Ann, d. 1851; and
John H. 4. Nancy, m. Silas Lane, of Ab'n., and is d. 5. Jo-
seph, is m., lives in Bos'n., and has George ; and Rebecca, m. a
Van Ambridge ? 6. Thurza, m. Thos. Foster, of Ab'n. 7. Abi-
gail, d. unm. 8. Marg't., d. ae. 21. 9. Salome, m. Reuben
Burrill, and lives in N. Y'k. 10. Henry R., 1811, m. 1, Sa-
lome Studley, and 2, Elmira Studley, lives in E. Ab'n., is a shoe-
maker, and has Mary F. ; Henry S. ; and Edward C.

82. Rufus, s. Josh. 19, m. Diana Keen, of Dux'y., Nov. 2 9,
1802, and she is living a wid., in Scit. ch. : 1. Diana, m. 1,
Colman Jenkins, and 2, Harvey Merritt. 2. Rufus, m. Rhoda
Briggs, Feb., 1837, and has Harriet A. B., July 1838 ; Wm. F.,
Jan. 1846 ; and Geo, H, Mar., 1851. 3. Thomas J., Nov. 17,

1808, lives at Scit. harbor, m. Jane T. Chubbuck, and has Mary
J. ; Laura. A ; Julia T. ; and James H 4. Lydia P., July 27,

1809, m. Judson Bates, of H. 5. George, m. Debo. Lincoln, of
H'm., who d , leaving ch. : Emma S. ; Geo. H; and Lizzy M.

33. Marlboro, s. Josh. 19, m. Lupira Bisbee, of Pemb., who
was b. Dec. 7, 1784, and d. in H'm. ch. : 1. Abigail, m. Sam'l.
Shaw, of E. Bridg'r. 2. Lupira, m. Eben'r. Joy, of S. Wey'h.,

3. Joseph, m. Caroline Thomas, lives in S. Wey'h., and has Joseph
L. ; Caroline F. ; Edwin M. ; and Prescott. 4. Elbridge, m. 1.
Eliza A., da. Jere. White, of Wey'h. ; and 2, Matilda W., da.
David Horton, of E. Bridg'r., lives in E. B., and has Elbridge.
B. ; Minot S. ; and Edward B. 5. John, m. Mary A. Torrey,
of Wey'h., lives in S. Wey'h., and has Anne F. 6. Robert. 7
Mary A., m. Chas. Thompson, of E. Bridg'r., and has Susan A.
and Mary E. Mr. T. is a painter by trade, and is s. of Cha's. of
Hfx.

34. Seth, s. Josh. 19, m. Sophia Pratt, of S. Wey'h., and had ch. :
1. Seth, Sep. 1806, not m. 2. Sophia, m. Christopher S. Bass,
of S. Wey'h. 3. Sally, m. Noah Vining, shoe mf'r. of S. Wey'h.

4. Susan, m. Sam'l Wales, of N.Ab'n, 5, Maria, m. Wm. Tri-
bou, of E. Bridg'r. 6. Freeman, m. Hannah Corthell, of H'm.,

284 curtis.

lives in S. Wey'h, and has Joseph, and Jane F. 7. Joseph, m.
Melinda Torre y, lived in S. Wey'h., and there d., leaving no chj
8. Jane, d. ae. ab. 15.

35. Abner, s. Abner 20, m. Lydia Bowker, of Scit., and d.
Feb. 2, 1838, ae. 84, and his wid. in 1852, ae. 94. ch. : 1, Da
vis, bap. Oct. 13, 1776, m. 1, Charlotte Lovice, of H'm. ; 2, Mary
Oliver, of Me. ; and 3, Marg't. Standley ; lives in Me., and has
Jas. M. ; Jno. 0.; Lydia, m. a Gould, and d. ; Charlotte S., m.
Benj. Carter; Polly, m. Nathan Barlow; Charlotte, m. Jno. Ben-
ner, and is d. ; and Hiram, d. ae. 4. 2. Desire, Feb. 1, 1778,
m. Thos. Farrow, of Townsend, Mass. 3. Job. 4. Sally L., m.
Levi Nash. 5. Deborah, m. Isaac Wade, of H. 6. Mary, m.
David Yining, of H. 7. Lydia, m. 1, Caleb Torrey, and 2, Dan'l.
Bishop.

36. Seth, s. Abner 20, m. Persis Loring, and d. in June,
1812, and his wid. Oct. 1, 1825. Lived first where Benj. Mann,
Esq., resides, and afterwards where Isaac Wade now lives, on
Main st. ch. : 1. Lucy, Nov. 5, 1791, m. Dan'l. Dunbar, of
H'm. 2. Rebecca, Feb. 16, 1773, m. Ephraim Stetson, of Ab'n.,
Feb. 1, 1819. 3. Seth, Ap. 16, 1794, m. Ruth Loring, of H'm.,
lives in So. Scit., is a farmer, and has Charles A., Aug. 21,1817 ;
AbbyS., Jan. 6, 1820, m. Peleg Curtis; Frances M„ May 25,
1823, m. Joshua Curtis ; and Ruth A., Mar. 9, 1827. 4. Lor
ing, Oct, 5, 1797, lives in H., near the Bap. Church, m. Merrill
Mann, Jan. 23, 1823, and has Nancy H., Jan. 26, 1825 ; Mary

%H:, Ap. 13, 1827 ; and Sarah J,, Feb. 23, 1829, m. Walter W,
Wardrobe; Mar. 12, 1848. 5. Abner, Esq., June 11, 1800 ; re-
sides in E. Ab'n. ; is unm., and is one of the most extensive and
enterprising shoe-manufacturers in Plym'h. Co. ; giving employ-
ment to several hundred hands annually, and doing business to the
amount of over $200,000, at his establishment in E. Ab'n., and at
his extensive warehouse, on Pearl st., Boston. Mr. C. is distin-
guished as a liberal and public-spirited man ; always ready to aid
a good work ; and for business talent, and decision of character,
has few superiors. 6. Hannah, Mar. 15, 1802, m. Nath'l. Fick-
et, of Ab'n.. Mar. 4, 1821. 7. Sophia, 1804, d. Feb. 12, 1808.

curtis. 285

8. Enos, Jan. 31, 1807, m. Mary J. Burrill, of Ab'n., lives on
Whiting st., and has Sojrtda J., 1830, m. Wm. Studley, Dec. 17,
1851 ; Lysander ; and Mary* 9. Sarah, Ap. 11, 1809, m. Edmund
Shaw, of Ab'n. 10. Peter, m. Clarissa Ripley, lives in E. Ab'n.,
and has Persis, and Corinne.

37. David, s. Jesse 23, m. Sarah, da. Paul, jr., and gr.-da. Paul
Revere, of Bos'n., and d. in B. ab. 1841, and his wid. in 1843.
ch. : 1. David, d. unm. ab. 1838. 2. Maria, d. ab. 1839. 3.
Charles R., m. Lydia S. Barstow, lives inE. Ab'n., is a shoema-
ker, and has Chas, H. ; David P., d. young; and Geo. U. 4.
Wm. H., May 8, 1813, m. Jane M., da. Lem'l. Dwelley, and wid,
of Geo. Merriam, in Sep., 1839, lives on Main st., and has Ed-
ward R., Feb. 11, 1840 ; Geo. M., Ap. 23, 1844; and Ellen
M., Aug. 12, 1849. 5. Caroline L., d. ab. 1838. 6. Geo. R.,
m. Hannah Hill, lives in Bos'n., and has Mary R., and Edwin.
7. Edward A., Feb. 22, 1822, lives in Bos'n., is a Type Founder,
m. Louisa M., da. Maj. Ephraim Andrews, of Lowell, in 1851, and
has no ch. 8. Sarah A.

38. Jesse, s. Jesse 23, m. Sally Nash, and d. in Chas'n., and
his wid. is living on Main st. in H., in her father's house. He was
a shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Ruth, m. Wm. Hayden, of Scit.
2. Roxa., m. Capt. Robinson. 3. Debo., not m. 4. Sophronia,
m. Abner Loring, and d. in Bos'n. 5. Jesse, m. Alice Forbush,
lives in Bos'n., and is a copper-smith. , Has no ch.

39. Joseph, s. Jesse 23, m. Hannah Gardner, of H'm., and d.
Dec. 28, 1841, ae. 56, and his w. Mar. 21, 1840, ae. 59. A ship
carpenter by trade, and worked at the Navy Yard, Chas'n. ch. :
1. Hannah P., Ap. 5, 1806, m. Freeman Farrow, Nov. 21
1824, and is living in H. 2. Joseph, Dec. 5,1808, m. Debo.
Hayden, Nov. 26, 1829, and d. Nov. 22, 1844, and his wid. m.
Thos. H. Gardner, Aug. 31, 1845. His ch. were : Henry, Feb.
23, 1833 ; Geo. W., Feb. 22, 1841 ; and Joseph R., Feb. 7,
1844. 3. Lucy C, Mar. 1811, m. Laban Wilder, Jr., July 15,
1832, and d. Ap. 21, 1843. 4. Capt. Benj. N., July 30, 1813,
m. 1, Lydia S., da. Capt. Elisha Barrell, Dec. 25, 1836, who d.
Mar. 24, 1840; and 2, Sarah, da. Calvin D. Wilder, May 12,

286

CURTIS.

1844, lives on Walnut st., and had by 1st, Lydia 31., May 80, d.
Oct. 8, 1838 ; and by 2d, Frances A., Dec. 14, 1846,

40. Stephen, s. Peleg 24, m. 1, Lucinda Bailey, June 16, 1816 ;
and 2, Mary S. Hitchcock, Dec. 3, 1818, and d. Mar. 6, 1831,
and his wid. m. Eben'r. Simmons, Esq., and d. Ap. 30, 1837.
ch. : 1. Lucinda, d. Aug. 18, 1817. (By 2d.) 2. Stephen, Sep.,
1820, m. 1, Matilda, da. Hon. Sam'l. A. Turner, of Scit., in Aug.,
1846, who d. Oct. 2, 1847, ae. 23 ; and 2, Eliza F., da. Sam'l.
Payson, of Boston, and is clerk in the extensive jewelry establish-
ment of Palmer k Batchelders. No ch. 3. Henry J., June 2,
1822, m. Abby, da. I. R. Jacobs, Esq., of Scit., Sep. 20, 1848,
and is T. C. of So. Scit. No ch.

41. Consider, s. Lemuel 27, m. 1, Mary House, of Pemb., Nov.
10, 1806, who d. in 1809; and 2, Hannah Fuller, in 1811, whod.
Ap. 24, 1832, and he in May, 1840, ae. 75. Was part owner of

l? Curtis Forge, &c. Had one son, George, b. Sep. 23, 1807,
m. Nancy, da. Joel Bowker> of Salem, Nov. 11, 1834, lives on
Elm st., and is the proprietor of the Curtis Forge. No ch.

RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE CURTIS.

42. Lemuel, s. Lemuel 27, m. Abigail Rose, lived on Wash'iu
st., where his son John now resides, and was part owner of the
Curtis Forge, &c. He is d., and his wid. survives, ch. : 1.
Sally, Dec. 25, 1803, m. Michael Sylvester, of H. 2. Nabby,
Aug., 1805, m. Josiah Winslow, of H. 3. Judith, Oct. 11, 1808,

curtis. 287

m. Geo. Studley, Jan. 80, 1834. 4. Jno., Nov., 1812. Not m.
5. Lucinda, Oct., 1815. Not m.

43. Nath'l., s. Lemuel 27, m. Nancy Stoddard, of Scit., Mar.
3, 1805, who d. in Oct., 1842, and he Feb. 4, 1849. Lived
where Charles Dyer does, on Water st., and was part owner of the
works there, ch. : 1. Warren, Feb. 4, 1806, m. Harriet, da.
Joseph Noyes, of Bos'n., May 2, 1829, lives in S. H'in., and has
.Harriet, Feb. 22, 1831 ; Joseph W., d. ae. 11 mo's. ; and Sarah
A., d. ae. 8. 2. Bethia, Jan. 27, 1808, m. Major Joshua Mann,
of H., July 12, 1829. 3. Nath'l. H., July 6, 1812, a merchant,
in N. Y'k. Not m. 4. Nancy N., Jan. 20, 1815, m. Benj. B.
Hall, of IL, Nov. 26,1838.

44. John, s. John 28, m. Sally Mann, Nov. 1, 1798, and d.
Dec. 5, 1851, ae. 80. Was Selectman in 1822. ch. : 1. Sally,
Jan. 17, 1799, m. Ezra Whiting. 2. John, Aug. 3, 1801, d.
Mar. 3, 1817. 3. Wm., Sep. 6, 1S03. 4. Benj., Nov. 1, 1807,
d. Aug. 28, 1833. 5. Martin, Feb. 6, 1810. 6. Alathea, July
12, 1812, m. Calvin Faxon, of Ab'n., Ap. 30, 1832, and d. June
29, 1845. 7. John, July 10, 1816, m. Marian A., da. Sam'l. N.
Fuller, of Bos'n., in Oct., 1845, is a merchant, in Bos'n., and has
Alice B., Ap. 1847. 8. Lucinda, Aug. 16, 1819, m. Joseph H.
Studley, Nov. 2, 1839.

45. Joshua, s. Joshua 31, m. 1, Nancy, da. Eliab Studley,
Mar. 18, 1816 ; and 2, Marietta Gurney ; lives in E. Ab'n. ; is a
shoe manufacturer; and has 1. Albert, d. ae. 25. 2. Leander,
m. Maria L. Lane, lives in E. Ab'n., is a shoe mf 'r., and has
Albert, Julia M., Elvira X., and Charles W. 3. Elvira, m.
Leonard Blanchard, and lives in Bos'n. 4. Joshua, May 31,
1825, m. Antoinette Atwell, of Lynn, lives in E. Ab'n., and has
Wendell island Frederick M., d. Oct., 1851, ae. 2. 5. Mary E.
6. Marg't. K. 7. Sam'l. G. 8. George. 9. Ellen.

46. Job. s. Abner 35, m. Bethia, da. Abiel Farrow, lived in S.
Scit., and there d., in Feb., 1843. His wid. survives, ch. : 1.
Bethia, m. Hosea Whiting, of H'm., Oct. 24, 1827, and is cl. 2.
Job, m. Marilla Vining, Sep. 15, 1827, lives in E. Ab'n., is a
shoemaker, and has Edmund B., (m. Sasan S. Cobbett, and has

288 CUSHING.

Susan M., Oct., 1850) ; and Catherine, 1830, m. Benj. Burrill,
of E. Ab'n. 3. Hiram, m. Lucinda Wilder, Nov. 27, 1834, lives
in Snappet, and has Lucinda E., Sep. 15, 1835 ; Frederick H.,
Ap. 27, 1838 ; Sarah W., July 5, 1843 ; and Lucius W., Oct.
19, 1848. 4. Philip. 5. Harriet, m. 1, Jas. Doten, Dec. 9,
1832, and 2, Benj. Jacobs. 6. Nahum, m. Betsey Harlow, June,

1835, and has Roxa A., Mar. 1, 1836 ; Adaline 31., July 1,
1839; Bethia C, Ap., 1841; Helen A., Feb. 29, 1843; and
Oscar IT., Sep., 1851. 7. Abigail, m. Calvin Wilder. 8. Edwin,
m. — Rogers, of Mf'd., and has ch. 9. Julia A., m. Henry A.
Grose, July 11, 1847. 10. Adaline, m. Zenas Smith, of Ab'n.

47. Wm., s. Jno. 44, m. Cassandra Stetson, Dec. 3, 1826, lives
on Union st., is a trader, and has 1. Geo.. W., Sep. 12, 1827, m.
Emma M. Brooks, lives on Main st., and has Julia W., July 19,
1850. 2. Angeline, Jan., 1830. 3. Cassandra S., Jan. 23, d.
Feb. 18, 1832. 4. Lucinda, 1834, d. 1836. 5. Lucinda, May,

1836. 6. Maria, Mar., 1838. 7. Benj., Sep., 1840. 8. John,
May, 1842. 9. Avis L., May, 1844.

48. Martin, s. John 44, m. Debo. Stetson, in Feb., 1834, lived
on Main st., in the house built by Wm. Curtis and Ezra Whiting,
ab. 1827, and there d. Aug. 30, 1848, and his wid. improves his
residence, ch. : 1. Helen M., Dec. 17, 1839. 2. Ann M., d.
ae. 3 mo's. 3. Ann F., Ap. 17, 1844.

CUSHING, Matthew, with his wife Nazareth, his sons Daniel,
Jeremiah, Matthew, and John, his daughter Deborah, and his wife's
sister, Frances Ricroft, widow, sailed from Gravesend, Ap. 26,
1638, in the ship Diligent, John Martin, of Ipswich, master, and
arrived at Boston, on the 10th of Aug. Matt., the fa., was b. in
Eng'd., in 1588, and was s. of Peter, of Norfolk, whose gr. fa. had
possessed large estates in Lombard st., London. He d. inH'm.,
Sep. 30, 1660, ae. 72, and his wid. in 1681, ae. 96. The Inven-
tory of his estate may be seen in the Prob. Bee. Suff., vol. 3, pp.
219, 220. Date, Nov. 12, 1660. His four sons, and son-in-law
Matthias Briggs, were the appraisers. Deborah and Jeremiah, left
no children. The descendants of Daniel, and Matthew, are in
H'm., and elsewhere. John settled in Scituate.

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2. John, s. Matt., came to Scit., in 1662, according to Deane,
and purchased the farm on " Belle house neck," of Capt. John,
s. Wm. Vassal, to whom it was laid out in 1634. He m. Sarah,
da. Nicholas Jacob, of H'm., 1656 ; was Dep. to the Col. Ct.,
many years, from 1674; Ass't. of the Col. Gov't., 1689-91 ;
and Rep. to the Gen. Ct., at Boston, after the union of the Colo-
nies. His w. d. in 1678, ae. 38, and he in 1708. Of his ch.,

3. John, s. John 2, b. Ap. 28, 1662, m. 1, Debo. Loring, of
Hull, May 20, 1687, who d. 1713 ; and 2, Sarah Holmes, 1714.
He lived at "Belle house neck," was Chief Just, of the Infr.
Ct., of Plym'h., from 1702-'10 ; Counc'r. of Mass, from l710-'28 ;
and Judge of the Sup'r. Ct., from 1728-37, of which, according
to John Cotton, " he was the life and soul."1 He d. in 1737.
Of his ch.,

s^j /? ' /? CJ /7j? s# J°nn 3, b. Mar. 7,

4*r5 ^V^1 (T^f^0^^1697-8' m- Elizabeth,

"* & wid. of Isaac Barker?

of Newport, R. I., and daughter of Captain Joseph Barstow,
in 1724, and resided on that part of the territory of Hanover,
afterwards annexed to Pembroke, and near the spot where his
grandson Elijah now resides, in Hanson. He is called Lt. . and
Capt., on the Rec. of H. ; was for many years a Just, of the
Peace ; the first Rep. of the town, in 1737 ; and Selectman eleven
years, from 1728— '39. He was one to whom much of the public
business of the town was confided, and executed his trust with
fidelity and success. Of his ch.

(Hon. Joseph,) s. Elijah 4,
was b. Mar. 1, 1731-2, grad.
at H. C, 1752, was one of

»

the most valuable citizens
of the town in his day.
Eor a sketeh of his life, see p. 110. He was Selectman six
years, from 1768-74, and Representative from 1773-'75, and for

78-79, also Town Clerk from 1774-'78. He m. Ruth -, and

lived near the Four Corners, where he d. Dec. 19, 1791, and his

1 Deane's Scit, p. 255.

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290

CUSHING.

wid. Feb. 12, 1822. ch. : 1. Ruth, m. David Stockbridge, jr.,
Dec. 23, 1779. 2. Charlotte, d. Aug. 24, 1825, ae. 60. 3.
Elizabeth, m. Nathaniel Barstow, Aug. 31, 1786. 4. Joseph, m.
Kezia Curtis, Nov. 6, 1794, and moved to Me., where his de-
scendants still reside. He has a son Benj., in Camden, Me.

5. Deborah, m. John Hathaway, of Camden, Me., Oct. 29, 1797.

6. Horatio.

THE JUDGE CUSHING HOUSE.

6. Horatio, Esq., s. Hon. Joseph 5, m. Ruth, da. John Bailey,
and lived in his father's house near the Four Corners. He was
Selectman nine years, for 1820, '23, '24, and from 1826-'32 ;
also Rep. in 1831, and '33. ch. : 1. Mary B., Feb. 11, 1812,
d. Sep. 1, 1815. 2. Horatio, June 13, 1813. 3. Henry W.,
Feb. 18, 1815. 4. Wm, Jan. 12, 1817. 5. Joseph, Dec. 6,
1818. 6. Edward, Ap. 26, 1820. 7. Mary E., June 12, 1821.
8. John H., July 8, 1822. 9. Frances, July 17, 1824. 10.
Benjamin, June 20, 1825. 11. Anna O., July 17, 1826. 12.
Charles S., May 22, d. Oct. 15, 1828. 13. Lucy E., May
18, 1829. 14. Charles S., Jan. 30, 1831.

NotE. — Mrs. C, after her husband's decease, with her son Henry, built,
it is said, the house now occupied by Capt, Nath'l. Barstow, near the Four
Corners. She now resides in Hartford, Ct.

7. Dr. Ezekiel D. Cushing, a desc't. of Elijah 4, was in IL, in

CUTLER — DAMON.

291

1827, and d. Ap. 5, 1828, ae. 88. See p. 100. By w. Delia, he
Lad a son, Capt. Nath'L, -who m. Elizabeth, da. Edward Barstow,
and lived in II., near the Four Corners.

RESIDENCE OF REV. SAMUEL CUTLER.

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J B L I G

CUTLER, Rev. Samuel, s. Sam'L, and w. Lydia (Prout,) was
b. May 12, 1805, moved from Newburyport to Portland, Me., in
1826, and was there in business until 1884. In Feb. of that year,
he moved to Bos'n., and was there in business until 1839. From
1836, to 1839, he spent his time in preparing for the ministry, under
the Rev. Dr. Stone, and was settled in Hanover, Mass., in 1842. He
m. 1, Julia A., da. Levi Cutter, of Portland, Me., Aug. 31, 1829,
who d. Dec. 28, 1830, ae. 24 ; and 2, Elizabeth D., da. John
Gardner, of Exeter. N. H., June 19, 1833. Has one son by her,
Samuel G., b. Oct. 30, 1835. Mr. C. resides near the Four
Corners, in the fine parsonage house, erected for him by his Soci-
ety, in 1849, a view of which is annexed.

DAMON, Jno., and sis. Han'h., were in Scit. as minors, in
1633, under the guardianship of their uncle, Wm. Gillson. The
desc'ts. are numerous, in Scit., H., and Mfd.

2. Eells, s. Zach., of Scit., and a desc't. of John, m. Huldah
Curtis, May 1, 1777, lived on Whiting st., corner of North, was a

292 DAMOX.

housewright, and d. Aug. 26, 1805, being drowned near Boon
Island, Me., and his wid. d. Mar. 12, 1830. ch. : 1. Zach., Dec.
17, 1775. 2. Nath'l. E., Jan. 4, 1780, d. 1781. 3. Eells,
June 15, 1783. 4. Job, Nov. 9, 1785, m. Ruth Cushing, went
off, and has not been heard from for 20 years. 5. Sally, June 12,
1788, m. Eliph't. Belcher, Wey'h. 6. Rufus C, July 14, 1792,
went to Ill's., and ra. there. 7. Huldah, May 29, 1794, m.
Alvah Wood, and died in Plym'h. 8. Abner, Ap. 19, 1797, d.
Ap. 30, 1799. 9. Lenthea, Aug. 22, 1800, m. Sam'l. Turner,
Randolph.

3. Zach., s. Eells, 2. m. Sarah Brooks, lived on Whiting st.,
was a carpenter by trade, and his w. d. Ap. 4, 1847. ch. : 1.
Sarah B., Mar. 16, 1801, m. Chas. Thomas. 2. Thos., Oct. 20,
1804. 3. Joseph B., Nov. 13, 1809, edu. at Newton, m. wid.
Martha Burbank, and is sett, as a Bap. min., in Lake Village,
N. H. 4. Zach., Sep. 7, 1812, m. 1. Abig. Southward, Dux'y.;
and 2. Ann Rogers, Wey'h., and lives in Philipston, Mass. 5.
Debo. C, Oct. 3, 1815, m. Benj. Bowker, jr., Hn. 6. Frank-
lin, Oct. 21, 1818, edu. at Newton, m. Han'h. Cushing, and is
sett, as a Bap. min. in Brewster, Mass.

4. Eells, s. Eells 2, m. Eleanor Brooks, lived on Curtis st.,
was a housewright, and d. Feb. 25, 1831, and his wid. Nov. 12,
1846. ch. : 1. Elenor, Oct. 28, 1810, not m. 2. Eells, July
15, 1812, not m. 3. George, June 5, 1814, m. Sarah H. Crane,
Dec, 1838, lives on Main st, and has Sarah 31., Sep. 29, 1839 ;
G-eo. F., Aug. 6, 1841; Lydia A., Feb. 15, 1844; and Danl.
W., Nov. 3, 1848. 4. Esther, Mar. 25, 1816, m. Wm. Orcutt,
and d. May 24, 1845. 5. Lydia, May 21, 1818, d. Oct. 22,
1850. 6. Danl., Sep. 8, 1821, m. Lucy Crane, 1843, and lives
on Main st., no ch.

5. Thos., s. Zach. 3, m. Nabby Bates, Dec. 25, 1827, who d.
in 1852. He is a carpenter by trade, lives near the centre of the
town, was Selectman in 1839, and has been Constable, Collector,
&c. ch. : 1. Andrew T., Nov. 19, 1829, m. Fanny S. Perry,
Ap. 22, 1851, and lives near the Cent. M. Ho. 2. Bernard,
Aug. 17, 1831. 3. Nabby F., Oct. 15, 1838. 4. Rector, 1841.

DAMON. 293

6. Ezra, s. Joseph, of Ab'n., and a desc't. of Jno. of Scit., m.
Anna Wilder, of Hm., and d. July, 1825, ae.71, and his wid. Sep.
23, 1831, ae. 75. ch. : 1. Anna, m. Jos. Jacobs, Oct. 4, 1801,
and is d. 2. Elizab., m. 1. Wm. E. Smith, June 3, 1804, and 2.
Jos. Jacobs. 3. Ezra, of Quincy, Mass., is m. and has ch. 4.
Joseph. 5. Calvin, Ap., 1789. 6. Piam. 7. Mary, m. Jona.
Arnold, Ab'n. 8. David, m. Lucy Wade, Aug. 8, 1821, and now
lives in So. Scit. Has sev. ch. 9. Sarah, m. a Palmer, and lives
in Hm. 10. Thos.

7. Joseph, s. Ezra 6, m. Lucy Tower, Sep. 6, 1812, lives on
Whiting st., is a farmer, and has, 1. Lucy, July 29, 1813, m.
Thos. Mann, and is d. 2. Jno., Dec. 3, 1816, m. Martha S.
Chubbuck, who is cL and he lives on Whiting st, and has sev. ch.
3. Alvira A., Jan. 3, 1819, m. Ezra Shaw, Abn. 4. Anne,
July 3, 1821, m. Jas. Bates, Aug. 16, 1828. 5. Joseph, Nov.

26, 1823, m. Mary Gerrish, 1852, and lives with his fa. 6.
Betsey, Sep. 15, 1825, m. Henry Shaw, Abn. 7. Debo. B., Jan.
12, 1827, d. 1847. 8. Esteria, Ap., 1828, d. Dec. 10, 1850. 9.
Jas., July 3, 1821. 10. Mary A., Feb. 3, 1835. '

8. Calvin, s. Ezra 6, took his mother's name, and is known as
Calvin D. Wilder, lives in Snappet, and m. Sarah Barrell, Jan. 15,
1815, who died in 1845. He survives. His ch. are, 1. Lucinda,
June 9, 1816, m. Hiram Curtis. 2. Calvin, Oct. 8, 1817, m.
Abig. Curtis, and lives in So. Scit. No ch. 3. Wm., d. ae. 9
days. 4. Sarah, Sep. 13, 1829, m. Capt. Benj. N. Curtis. 5.
Jno. B., Sep. 9, 1824, m. Lydia J. Randall, 1843, lives on Wal-
nut st., and has Ellen F., Dec. 9, 1845 ; Geo. A., 1849 ; and
Mary G7., Mar. 7, 1852.

9. Piam, s. Ezra 6, m. Olive Whiting, June 15, 1814, lives on
Whiting st., is a shoemaker, and has, 1. Eliza E., Jan. 26, d.
Feb. 21, 1817. 2. Martin W., May 23, 1818, m. Abig. S. Puf-
fer, and now lives in Haverhill, Mass. 3. Ruth F., Nov. 7, 1820,
m. Hosea Chubbuck, Dec. 22, 1839. 4. Jane T., May 6, 1823,
m. Jno. Scott. 5. Elizab. E., Mar. 2, 1826. 6. Henry L., June

27, 1828, d. ae. 13. 7. Wm. W., Jan. 13, 1832.

10. Thos., s. Ezra 6, m. Almira Phillips, in 1828, and d. Ap. 6,

204 DARLING — DAVIS — DAWES — DELANO — DILL — DOTEN.

1852, leaving ch. : 1. Thos. W., Aug. 30,1830. 2. Ann T.,
Feb , 1834. 3. Almira, May, 1836. 4. Piam, Aug., 1838. 5.
Henry, Jan., 1842. 6. Wash'm, June, 1843. 7. Ezra, 1850.

DARLING, David, of Hull, b. July 1, 1793, s. Benj., of Pemb.,
m. Lydia Studley, Aug. 24, 1816, lives on Circuit st., and has, 1.
Sally L., Oct 8, 1818, m. David J. Davis, Dec, 1834, 2. Har-
riet L., Jan. 3, 1821, m. Seth H. Vinal, May, 1840. 3. Sophia
S., July 11, 1826, m. Joseph Vinal, Ap., 1848.

DAYIS, David J., of N. Yk. State, s. Jona., m. Sally L. Dar-
ling, Dec, 1834, lives with her fa., and has, 1. Win. F., Mar. 25,
1835. 2. Jno. T., Feb. 25, 1841. 3. Lydia A., May 14, 1843.
4. Horace L,, May, 1846.

DAWES, Win., b. 1790, s. Rev. Ebenr., of Scit, m. 1. Bath-
sheba, da. Wni.Torrey, of Pemb., Ap. 28, 1814; and 2. Amy, da.
Jno. Bailey, and wid. of Edward Barstow, and lives on Wash'n.
st., near the Corners. Had 2 ch., Wm. E., d. at sea, ae. 19, and
Elizab. A., d. ae. 18 mos. Both by 1st w.

DELANO, James, b. Nov. 18, 1806, s. Geo., of Dux'y.,and a
lineal desc't. of Philip de la Noye, who came to Plym'h. in the
Fortune, in 1621, lives on Centre st., with Geo. Bates, is a shoe-
maker, and unm.

DILL, Joseph, s. Lem., of Hm., m. Julia A., da. Joseph Vin-
ing, lived in H. for a time, and had Julia A., 1841, and Caroline,
Jan. 25, 1843. He now lives in E. Abn., is a shoe mfr., and
has Sariah, 1845, and Joseph W., June, 1847.

DOTEN, Jno., s. Edward, of Plym'h., b. Feb., 1823, and a
lineal desct. of Edward, of Plym'h., 1623, m. Betsey Hughes,
1845, lives on Broadway, is a shoemaker, and has Geo. D., and
Jno. T., twins, b. July 14, 1849.

DONNELL, Joseph, was in H. 1760, m. Sarah Palmer, and
had, 1. Joseph, of Bristol, Me. 2. Thos., d. in the Rev'n. 3.

DONNELL —DUNBAR DUNCAN. 295

Patience S., m. Levi Mann, and d. Mar. 6, 1846, ae. 85. 4.
Samuel. 5. Rebecca, m. Laban Wilder. 6. Charles, d. Sep.
14, 1832, ae. 62.

2. Samuel, s. Joseph, in. Jane D. Barstow, lived at the Cor-
ners, and d. June 5, 1807, and his wid. June 11, 1808. ch. :
1. Samuel, of Bath, Me., was m. and cl. there. 2. Jane B., m.
Calvin B. Bailey, of Bath, May 21, 1820. 3. Thos., d. Dec.
1, 1802, ae. 20 mos. 4. Jno., cl. in S. Am'a, 5. Capt. Thos. B.,
Feb., 1804, a shipmaster for many years, now a farmer ; lives on
Elm st. ; m. 1. Ruth, da. Reuben Curtis, in Oct., 1843, who d.
Jan. 23, 1849, and 2. Sarah Bailey, Jan. 13, 1850. ch. : Ally
C, June 17, 1844; Jane B., Aug. 5,1845; (by 2d) Reuben
C, Nov. 23, 1850.

Note. — Hon. Saml. Donnell, b. 1645, one of the first Councillors of Mass.,
and J. P., &e., was of York, Me., where he d. in 1717, and his s. Nath. b.
1689, d. in York in 1780, ae. 90. Possibly Joseph, of EL, was a desc't. of
the DonnelFs, of Me.

DUNBAR, Amos, of Hm., s. Amos, b. Sep. 1, 1786, a currier
by trade, and for many years a respected citizen of H., but now
of So. Scit, m. 1. Abig. Gray, who d. Feb. 12, 1830, and 2.
Rebecca Gray, May 18, 1835, and has, 1. Debo., July 8, 1808,
m. David Bailey, Ap. 24, 1833. 2. Amos', Aug. 23*1811, m.
Maria Lyon, and lives in Wey'h. 3. Abig., Sep. 25, 1814, m.
Richmond Farrow, of So. Scit. 4. Lucinda, Mar. 22, 1817, m.
Gilman Thompson, the enterprising expressman, of Wey'h. 5.
Ruth R., Feb. 16, 1820, m. Rufus K. Trott, Wey'h. 6. Elizab.
G., Jan. 24, 1825, m. Jere. Bailey, and is of Wey'h. 7. Emma
F., Dec. 14, 1828, m. Alexr. Sherman, of Wey'h., Ap. 25, 1850.
(By 2d.) 8. Jas. M., Mar. 26, 1837. 9. Harriet M., Jan. 5,
d. Oct. 5, 1842.

DUNCAN, Rev. Abel G., b. in Chester, Vt., June 25, 1802,
s. Jason, jr., and w. Lucy; gr. s. Jason, and w. Sarah (Gates), an
early settler of Dummerston, Vt., memb. Leg., J. P., Judge, &c;
gr.-gr.-s. Simeon, and w. Bridget (Richardson) ; and gr. gr. gr.
s. John, of Edinburgh, Scot'd., who m. Sarah Dutton, and lived
and d. in Worcester, Mass. Rev. Abel G. m. Lucia Harlow, of

DWELLEY.

Harvard, Mass., Sep. 23, 1828, who d. Oct, 12, 1851, and has 1.
Laura J., July 9, 1829. 2. Wm. P., Ap. 1, 1831, is at Amherst
Coll. 3. Lucia A., Dec. 20, 1832. See Chap, on Eccl. Hist.,
and obit, of his w. in the Puritan Recorder for 1851.

DWELLEY, Richard, supposed by Deane to have been the
same that was in Lancaster, 1654, and in H'm. a few yrs. after,
was in Scit., 1665, and his farm was on the road leading from the
3d. Herring brook to the harbor, one mile north of the brook ; and
his house stood where stood, in 1831, that of Capt. Seth Foster,
deces'd. He had meadow land at Tills, aft. Dwelley's creek ; and
in 1676, was a soldier in Philip's war, and received for his servi-
ces a grant of land on what is now East st., in H. He d. May 27,
1692. We have not ascertained the place of his nativity, nor the
year in which he came to N. Eng. The name is not common, and
is rarely found in genealogical works. The name of his w. is not
given, nor the dates of birth of his ch. We have only the bap.
of Mary, in H'm., in 1664. There were sons Richard, and Jno.;
and Sam'l., who d. 1690, in Phip's exped. to Canada. Richard
jr., m. 1, Eamie, da. Roger Glass, Dux'y. Ap. 4, 1682 ; and 2,
Elizab. Simmons, 1690, and d. Dec. 24, 1708, having had 1. Mary,
1684 ; 2. Richard, 11585, m. Grace Turner, Oct. 13, 1712, (who
d. Feb. 16, 1715,) and had Richard, 1714, and Grace, 1716, m.
1, Jesse Turner, Dec. 18, 1734 ; and 2, Joseph Church ? Aug. 2,
1742 ; 3. Elizab., 1687, m. Joseph White, Mf d„ Dec. 21, 1710.
4. Joshua, 1689 ; 5. Ruth, 1691, m. Thos. Slack, Nov. 9, 1715 ;
6. Sam'l., 1693 ; 7. Lydia, 1695, m. Henry Burditt ? Jan. 1,
1712; 8. Marg't,1696, m. Henry Merritt,jr., Ap. 13, 1725.

2. John, s. Richard," sen'r., m. Rachel, da. Cornet Jno. Buck,
Jan. 4, 1692-'3, and had 1. Jno., Jan. 15, 1693-'4, m. Judith
Bryant, Dec. 20, 1721, and had Jno., 1722, Simeon, 1725, Ruth,
1726, and Benj., 1729. 2. Rachel, Sep. 27, 1695, m. Caleb
Turner, Oct. 27, 1713. 3. Ichabod, Dec. 30, 1696. 4. Obadi-
ah, Feb. 21, 1696-% d. Mar. 17, 1706. 5. Jedediah, Sep. 5,
1698. 6. Abner, Mar. 7, 1700. 7. Simeon, Dec. 22, 1701.—
8. Debo., July 25, 1703, m. Isaac Keen, Pemb., Feb. 17, 1724.

DWELLEY. 297

9. Joseph, bap. May 6, 1705. 10. Thankful, Dec. 12, 1706, m.
Wm. Fobes, W. Bridg'r. , Feb. 3, 1725. 11. Mary, May 18, 1708,
d. young. 12. Benj., May 22, 1708. (T. Rec.) 13. Susannah,
Dec. 19,1711. 14. Mary, Sep. 24, 1714, m. Josh. Lincoln,
Feb. 18, 1731. 15. Lemuel, June 25, 1717. Some of this
family may have moved to Rhode Island, in which State the name
is still extant.

yO O ' / /^7) // 5. Jno. 2, m. Elizabeth
iMutJL cJ/^tU House5 0ct 7? 1T26? and

d. Ap. 16, 1738, having had, 1. Elizab., Ap. 27, 1726. 2. Debo.,
Sep. 22, 1728. 3. Lusannah, Mar. 20, 1730. 4. Abner, Mar.

6, 1733. 5. Josh., July 20, 1736. 6. Jededi., Mar. 15, 1737.

7. Lot, Ap. 6, 1740, bap. Mar. 16, 1741, being sick. His mo.
then a wid. (Rec. 2 Ch., Scit.)

4. Abner, s. Jno. 2, m. Sarah Witherell, Oct. 12, 1721, lived
on Elm st., near Col. Barstow's, where part of his orchard, known
as the " Abner orchard, " is still standing; and d. Sep. 1, 1732,
as trad, says, by falling from a load of hay. He was Selectman
in 1731 and '32. ch. : 1. Bradbury, July 17, 1722, d. 1728.—
2. Win., Ap. 13, 1724. 3. Jas. L., Jan. 5, 1726. 4. Sarah
L., Dec. 2, 1728. 5. Luke L., Mar. 21, 1730.

5. Joseph, s. Jno. 2, m. Mary Ramsdell, Oct. 9, 1729, and d.
ab. 1748. ch. : 1. Lusannah, bap. Nov. 8, 1730. 2. Mary,
Jan. 15, 1731. 3. Drusilla, Dec. 11, 1733. 4. Bradbury, Nov.
20, 1735. 5. Joseph, Oct. 14, 1727, m. Mary Magoun, Pemb.,
Jan. 7, 1762, and was prob. fa. of Dr. Melzar, of II. 6. Lemuel,
Aug. 10, 1741. 7. Ruth, Jan. 8, 1743. 8. Jno., bap. Ap. 9,
1749, his mo. being a wid.

6. Abner, s. Jeded. 3, m. 1, Sarah , and 2, Debo. House, ?

Jan. 26, 1769, and had, 1. Abner, Jan. 10, 1758, prob. moved
to the Western part of Mass., or to N. Y. State. 2. Jedediah,
Oct. 5, 1760. 3. Elizabeth, Sep. 18, 1762. 4. Lucy, Sep. 9,
1766. 5. Debo., Nov. 13, 1768.

7. Joshua, s. Jeded. 3, m. Avi3 Ramsdell, Dec. 24, 1761,
lived in II., and d. Mar. 15, 1787, and his wid. Mar. 19, 1831^
ae. 90. He was a soldier in the Rev'n. ch. : 1. Debo., Oct. 18,
1762, m. Asa Whiting, Ap. 13, 1786. 2. Lemuel, Nov. 7, 1764.

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298 D WELLE Y.

3. Josh., Dec. 13, 1766. 4. Joseph, Nov. 2, 1772, moved to
Me., and m. and d. there, leaving ch. 5. Lucy, Sep. 18, 1775,
m. Seth Rose, Dec. 4, 1798, and d. Ap. 25, 1845. 6. Priscilla,
May 20, 1780, m. Josh. Stetson, Oct. 20, 1804, and d. Nov.
27, 1845.

8. Jeded., s. Jeded. 3, was of Pemb., and m. Lydia Soule,
Dux'y., Feb. 14, 1763, who d. Ap. 20, 1819, ae. 79. He was
a soldier in the Fr. war. ch: 1. Chas., of Me. 2. Benj., m.
Bradbury Stetson, Dec. 7, 1788, lived in P., and had Frances,
Feb. 7,1789 ; Elizab., Nov. 13, 1792 ; Bradbury, Ap. 20, 1795,
m. Lem'l. Grover, jr., Mfd., Jan. 2, 1823 ; Sophia, Nov. 1, 1797
d. unm. ; Mary, July 22, 1799 ; Benj., June 17, 1801, d. May

4, 1802; Chas., Ap. 19, 1803 ; and Julia, Oct. 13, 1807. 3.
Huldah, m. Christ'r. Thomas, Pemb. 4. Lucy, m. Chas. Josselyn,
Pemb. 5. Nathan. 6. Aaron, lived and d. in Pelham, Mass. 7.
George, m. Hope Cushing, Oct. 11, 1826, lives in P., and has Geo.,
d. ae. 3; Laura A., Feb. 19, 1829, d. young; and Huldah, m.
Henry Chapman, of P. 8. Lydia, m. Elisha K. Josselyn, of P.,

Mar. 12, 1797.

s. Josh. 7, m. 1, Jane,
Col David Cushing,

H'm., who d. Dec. 1, 1816, ae. 44 ; and 2, Lucia Turner, Chas'n.,
Dec. 1818, lived at the corner of Union and Main sts., and d.
Oct 29, 1846, ae. 84. ch : 1. Lem'l., June 18, 1798, m. Sarah
J., da. Calvin Bailey, Ap. 1827, lives on Union st., was Selectman
from 1827 — '31, and from '42 — '44; has Geo. B., Dec. 5
1829, at H. Coll. ; Edivin B., Jan. 2, 1831 ; Jedediah, Feb. 28
1834; Sarah B., Mar. 6, 1836; and Chas. H., Oct. 7, 1843
2. Jane R., Dec. 9, 1804, m. 1, Geo. Merriam, and 2, Wm. II
Curtis. 3. Geo. R., Sep. 27, 1807, d. Nov., 1827. 4. Jedediah
d. Mar. 26, 1834, at Middletown Coll., Ct, (By 2d,) 5. Joseph
T., d. Oct., 1836. 6. Mary T., m. Joseph Briggs, jr.

10. Joshua, s. Josh. 7, m. Rachel Hatch, Mar. 16, 1797, who
d. Dec. 11, 1831, and he Dec. 14, 1847. Lived in H. ch : 1.
Josh., Aug 17, 1798, m. 1, Betsey, da. Chas. Bailey, Nov. 3,
1.823, who d. Aug. 2, 1825 ; and 2, Keziah, da. Geo. Bailey, Jan.
16, 1827, and d. Jan. 30,1842; had Josh., d. Aug. 25,1825;
(by 2d,) Josh., Jan 7, 1828, a carpenter ; Betsey B., Nov. 18,

9.^_ ? §£j,^.

D WELLE Y.

299

1829, m. Josh. S. Whiting, June 20, 1847 ; Laurentia C, Mar.
20, 1882 ; Mehar, Feb. 5, 1835 ; and Geo. B., Aug. 7, d. Nov.
10, 1841. 2. Rachel, May 3, 1800, m. Benj. Bailey, of EL, Ap.
14, 1822. 3. Jno., June 21, 1802, in. Mary Stockbridge, Ap.
1829, lives on Union st., and has Almira, Jan., 1833, d. May 3,
1839 ; Jno. H., Feb. 13, 1835 ; Rosea, Dec. 10, 183G ; Jo-
seph, Feb. 14, 1839 ; and Mary, Dec 31, 1843. 4. Almira,
Aug. 14, 1806, d. Dec, 9, 1807. 5. Debo., Jan. 18, 1808, m.
Jos. Stockbridge. 6. Joseph, Ap. 6, 1813, m. Sally Stockbridge,
Feb. 3, 183G, lives on Main st.« and has Almira J., Aug. 3,1840.
• 11. Nathan, s. Jeded. 8, m. 1, Elizab. Bonncy, Sep. 26, 1793 ;
and 2, Amy Bonney; and lived and d. in Pemb. ch : 1. Betsey,
Aug. 21,1794, d. Dec. 21, 1798. 2. Nathan, Feb. 19, 1797.
8. Mary D., Feb. 1, 1799, m. Melzar Sprague, Nov. 28, 1820.
4. Amy M. 5. Jas. H., m. Lois Josselyn, lives in Pemb., and
has Jas. IL, Geo., and Mary E. 6. Abner, Sep. 20, 1806, d.
Nov. 2, 1811. 7. Chloe B., Sep. 12, 1808, m. 1, Septa Keith,
Aug. 7, 1831, and 2, Thos. Perkins. 8. Hannah B., Oct. 29, d.
Nov. 5, 1811. 9. Hannah, m. Silas Hollis, of H.

RESIDENCE OF CAPT. NATHAN DWELLEY.

12. Capt. Nathan, s. Nathan 11, m. Huldah B. Eells, Dec. 5,
1822, and lives at the Corners, in the Capt. Rob't. L. Eells house,
a view of which is annexed, Mr. D. was, for a time, Capt. of the

800

DWELLEY.

H. Rifle Company, ch : 1. Elizab. E., Nov. 29, 1823, m. Waldo
Bradford, Bridg'r., Nov. 28, 1847. 2. Rob't. E., Sep. 14, 1825,
m. Mary Lyons, July 2, 1848, and had Edwin B., Feb. 22, 1850,
d. same yr. 3. Huldah B., June 8. 1830, d. young. 4. Nathan
H., May 7, 1832. 5. Euldah B., July 2, 1834.

13. Dr. Melzar, s. Joseph, and gr. s. Joseph 5, with w. Sally,
came to H. from Ashburnham, in 1797, and sett, on Hanover
st. (see p. 20.) where he d. Nov. 25, 1828, ae. 57, and hiswid.
Feb. 10, 1841, ae. 65. ch : 1. Geo. W., Feb. 25, 1796, shipwright,
of S. Boston. 2. Chas., Mar., 1798, m. 1, a Thayer, and 2, a
Spear, and lives in S. Boston. 3. Sally S., Oct. 15, 1799, m.
Asia Phillips, of Ashb'm., Dec. 25, 1820. 4. Harriet, Nov. 25,
1801, d. Dec. 14, 1818. 5. Jno. M., Nov. 17, 1803, living in
H., unm. 6. Augustus, Feb. 7, 1806, of S. Boston. 7. Caro-
line, Aug. 23, 1808, m. Horatio N. Willard, Ashbm., Nov. 30,
1831. 8. Abig. W., July 23, 1810, d. Oct. 1812. 9. Fred'k.,
July 16, 1812, of S. Boston. 10. Abig, W., Aug. 12, 1814, m.
LeavittL. Stockbridge, July 4, 1844. 11. Anne S., Nov. 1816,
m. David Hatch, Mf 'd. 12. Joseph, July 3, 1819, d. ae. 19.

RESIDENCE OF MR. CHARLES DYER.

DYER, Charles, s. Christ'r, of Abm,b. Jan. 12, 1796, m. 1,
Cynthia Jenkins, of A., Nov., 1820, who d. Feb. 7, 1826 ; 2, Mary
Ford, of Pemb., Sep. 10, 1826, who d. Nov. 17, 1831 ; and 3,

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Sophronia Oldham, of P., Oct. 21, 1832 ; lives on Water st., and
has been for some years engaged in the mfr.of Tacks. (See p. 141.)
A view of his house is presented, ch: 1. Eliza, Sep. 27, 1821,
m. Geo. M. Josselyn, Pemb. 2. Cynthia J., July 12, 1823. 3.
Lucy S., Jan 12, 1825, m. Rob't. Hersey, of H. (By 2d,) 4.
Charles, July 4, 1831. (By 3d,) 5. Theodore, Sep. 19, 1836-

EELLS, or EELES, John, was among the early settlers of
Dorchester, and " dwelt at Fox-point." According to the History
of Dorchester, now in the course of publication, and from which
we quote, "it appears that he removed to Hingham ;" and it is
suggested, that " he may have been John the bee-hive maker,
who finally settled in Newbury. He had a son Samuel, bap. in
D., May 3, 1640."

f? * s. of Jno., according to family doc'ts., sett.

*&&l u * ^CV £^in Milford, Ct. He commanded a garrison

qj <^ at Dartm'h, Mass., in Philip's War, 1676 ;

was J. P.; and Hep. from H'm., 1705-6 ; m. Anna, da. of Rev.

Robt. Lenthal, of Wey'h.; and had 7 sons, and 1 da., the latter of

whom m. on Long Island. The name of Lenthal was preserved in

this family for a long time, and still exists in it. After the death of

his 1st w., Mr.E. moved to H'm. , Mass., taking with him his youngest

son, Nath'l., and there m. 2, wid. Sarah North, formerly a Peck,

(H'm. Rec.) She was prob. the wid. of Joseph Peck, of H'm.,

and her maiden name was North, she being a clesc't. of the noble

family of that name in England. The fa. d. in H'm., in 1709, and

his wid. in Scit., in 1711. A son John, lived in Milford, Ct.,and

had 2 das., Ann, who m. Thos. Weldon, and Frances, who d. at

her uncle Nathl's., in 1718.

Note. — We find the name of John Eales, among the freemen of Mass., in
1634, (N. E. Gen. Reg., Yol. 3, p. 92) ; and Henry Eeles was a Pass, for
Va. in the Merchants' Hope, Hugh Weston, Master, in 1635. (lb. vol. 4,
p. 190.) It has been suggested, that the names of Eells, and Ellis, were for-
merly one ; but of the correctness of this suggestion, we are not prepared
to decide. Similarity does not always prove identity.

^ S^J * (Rev. Nath'l.,) s. of Capt.

2- JVcsMam,- PpM SamL> was b- in 16T8> SracL

LJy at H. C. 1699, and sett, in

Scit., over the 2d Church, in 1704. He was m. by his fa. to Hannah

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North, of H'm., (aunt to Frederick, Lord North, afterwards Prime
Minister of Geo. III.) Oct. 12, 1704, and d. in Scit,, Aug, 25,
1750, ae. 72, and his wid., May 1, 1754. He is described, by
Deane, as a man " of a stature rather above mediocrity, of broad
chest and muscular proportions, remarkably erect, somewhat cor-
pulent in his late years, of dark complexion, with black eyes and
brows, and of general manners rather dignified and commanding,
than sprightly and pleasing." He wrote a fair hand, as the
Church Records show ; and as a preacher, his discourses prove
him to have been a man of great simplicity of style, and directness
of argument. He prepared his own sons, and others, for College,
and was a ripe scholar, naturally shrewd, and one eminently
qualified for usefulness in the station he filled, ch. : 1. Sarah,
Aug. 5, 1705, in. Benj. Turner, of Scit. 2. Samuel, Feb. 23,
1706-7. 3. Jno., Jan. 23, 1709, m. Abiah Waterman, of Scit.,
in 1730, and left desct's. 4. Nath'l., Feb. 4, 1710-11, grad. H.
C. 1728, sett, at Stonington, Ct., in 1733, m. Mary, da. Hon.
John Cushing, of Scit., Oct. 18, 1733, and has desct's. in Ct. 5.
Edward, Jan. 4, 1712-13, grad. H. C. 1733, ord. at Middletown,
Ct, 1737 ; was for some years Tutor at Yale Coll., where 3 of
his sons grad., who sett, in Ct. The fa. d. in 1776. Concerning
him, we find the following note, in the Stat. Acct. of Mid'x., Ct. :
«« In 1738, the Rev. Ed. Eells, s. of the Rev. Nath'l. Eells, of
Scit., Mass., was ord. in the Upper Houses. Mr. E. acquired
some celebrity by a pamphlet which he pub. in 1759, on the Wal-
ingford case. For several years he sustained the oflice of a trus-
tee of Yale Coll., where 3 of his sons were educated, who were
ministers in Eastbury, N. Brainford, and Barkhampstead, Ct."
6. Han'h., Jan. 30, 1714-15, m. Anth'y. Eames, of Mfd. 7.
Mary, May 13, 1716, m. Seth Williams, of Taunton, 1738. 8.
North, Sep. 28, 1718, m. Ruth Tilden, 1741, and left ch. 9.
Anna L., Oct. 16, 1721, m. Zach. Damon, 1748.

3. Samuel, s. Rev. Nathl. 2, m. Hannah, gr. gr. da. Rev. Wm.
Witherell, of Scit., Dec. 18, 1729, and sett, in H., his house stand-
ing where stands that of Joseph C. Stockbridge, on Broadway.
He d. in 1741, (see p. 20,) and his wid. survived many years, ch. :
1. Wm. W., Dec; 14, 1730. 2. Robert L., Feb. 7, or 18, 1732.

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3. Sarah, June 4, 1733, m. Bezal. Palmer, Ap. 8, 1752. 4.

Samuel, Feb. 16, 1735. 5. Hannah N., Nov. 18, 1736, d. Sep.
2, 1737. 6. Hannah N., Jan. 22, 1738, m. George Bennett, of
Ab'n., Ap. 5, 1759. 7. Mary, Dec. 26, 1739, m. Deacon Benj.
Bass, Mar. 3, 1793. 8. Bradbury, Ap. 6, 1741, m. Benj. Stet-
son, Ap. 30, 1765.

4. Wm. W., s. Saml. 3, m. Sarah Pillsbury, and moved to Me.,
where his desct's. still reside. His w. d. Sep. 25, 1791 ? ae. 62.
ch. : 1. Sarah, May 12, 1758, m. Hezek. Bosworthrand moved to
Mc. 2. Hannah W., bap. Sep. 11, 1763, m. Jacob White, of
Ab'n., Mar. 12, 1778, and moved to Me. 3. Mary L., bap. Sep.
11, 1763, m. 1, Josh. Young, of Scit, Feb. 23, 1804 ; 2, a Ewell,
of Mfd. ; and 3, a Cobb, of Me. 4. Priscilla, bap. March 31,
1765, d. unm. 5. Lyclia, bap. Ap. 26, 1767, m. Rev. Mr. Lor-
ing? 6. Wm. W., Dec. 4, 1768, lived in Me., was m., and had
ch. 7. Rebecca, bap. Sep. 10, 1775, m. a Bartol, and, with he
husband, d. in. N. York.

(Captain Robert
L.,) s. Saml. 3,
m. Ruth Cope-
land, of Scit.?

Dec. 1, 1757, and lived where Capt. N. Dwelley now resides, at
the Four Corners. For a sketch of his life, &c, see p. 162. He
was Rep. in 1776 and '77 ; Selectman from 1790-93; and d.
June 19, 1800, and his wid. May 21, 1831, ae. 93. ch. : 1.
Ruth, Oct. 31, 1758, m. Jno. Young, Feb. 2, 1797. No ch. 2.
Betsey, Oct. 30, 1760, m. Col. J. B. Barstow, Feb. 7, 1788, and
d. in 1851. 3. Huldah C, March 8, 1763, m. Wm. Wing, Nov.
26, 1789, and d. in N. York. 4. Anne L., July 18, 1765, m.
Capt. Albert Smith, Aug. 23, 1787. 5. Robert, Nov. 29, 1767.
6. Nabby, Nov. 29, 1767, m. Josiah Smith, jr., Pemb., Mar. 13.
1794. 7. John, May 20, 1770, m. Lucy Thorndike, and went to
Camden, Me., where he d. in 1848 ? leaving ch. 8. Nathl., Sep.
28, 1772, m. Mary Terry, moved to Belfast, Me., and there d. in
1840. 9. Joseph, June 5, 1774. 10. Lucy, Aug. 12, 1776,
m. Dea. Elijah Barstow, Nov. 8, 1798. 1L Edward, Feb. 26,

5- M^ f tf*; £M

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i

1779. 12. Sarah, Aug. 2, d. Aug. 17, 1781. 13. Sam'L, Mar.
13, 1783.

6. Samuel, s. Samuel 3, m. Priscilla Palmer, lived on Elm st.,
where Josh. Stetson resides, and there his w. d., Nov. 27, 1763.
ch. : Sam'L, Bezal.,and Benj., all bap. Oct. 23, 1763. Sam'l.m.
Ljdia Josselyn, of Pemb., July 7, 1783, had Benj., Aug. 7,
1784, and Henry B., Dec. 10, 1786 ; lived in his father's house
for a time, and thence moved to Me. Bezal. was a shipwright,
and d. unm., in Me. Benj. m., and lived in Belfast, Me. The
above is according to family tradition.

7. Robert, s. Capt. Robert L. 5, m. Huldah Bass, Nov. 27,
1800, who d. June 24, 1812, and he Oct. 5, 1844. He was P. M. '
for 39 years ; Selectman from 1805-8 ; Rep. in 1819, '20, '27,
'28 and '30; a blacksmith by trade, and occupied his father's
house, ch. : 1. Huldah B., Feb. 21, 1802, m. Capt. Nathan
Dwelley, Dec. 5, 1822, and occupies the homestead. 2. Robert,
May 9, 1805, d. Aug. 29, 1808. 3. Elizab., Jan. 1, 1808, m.
Jos. Ramsdell, jr., of Warren, Mass., Dec. 3, 1827.

8. Joseph, s. Capt. Rob't. L. 5, m. Sarah Bass, Nov. 25,1802,
and lived near the Four Corners, where his wid. still resides, in the
old Dillingham house. He was a blacksmith by trade, ch. : 1.
Sarah B., May 31, 1803, d. July 25, 1812. 2. Lucinda, Ap. 14,
1805, m. Isaac M. Wilder, Feb. 5, 1834. 3. Joseph, Ap. 7,
1807, m. Sarah B. Smith, Mar. 11, 1827, built the house in which
Alex'r. Wood, Esq. now lives, and moved to Wisconsin. Has had
12 or 13 ch. in all, of whom were b. in II., Sarah B., Aug. 1, 1828 ;
Ruth, Nov. 5, 1829 ; Albert S., Jan. 25, 1831 ; Thos. JD ; Anne
L. ; Priscilla /and Lucinda. 4. Ruth, Ap. 22, 1809, d. Dec
29, 1828. 5. Mercy B., Nov. 9, 1811. 6. Rob't., Ap. 5, 1813 ?
m. Mary T. Stockbridge, Jan. 20, 1838, lives at the Corners, is a
wheelwright, and had Ellen A., Ap. 13, 1840, d. Sep. 12, 1847 ;
RoVt, Feb. 22, 1846, d. ae. 6 mos. ; Mary, Ap. 7, d. Sep. 14,
1847 ; Mary E., June 15, 1849, d. 1852 ; and two others, d.
young. 7. Jas. G., Jan. 16, 1817, lives in Ct. 8. Geo. W., Nov.
5, 1819, m. Priscilla Clark, Nov. 16, 1845, lives on Broadway,
and has Priscilla C, Aug. 30,1846 ; Mary L., Nov. 2, 1848 ;
and Mia, Nov. 29, 1850.

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9. Edward, s. Capt. Rob't. L. 5, ra. Sarah Stetson, and, it is
said, d. in Medford, Mass. He was a shipwright by trade, and
whilst in II., was Selectman in 1809 and '10. ch. : 1. Sarah C,
Sep. 10, 1806, d. Mar. 23, 1812. 2. Rob't, L., Nov. 2, 1808, m.
a Jones, of Boston, lives in Medford, and has 1 ch. living. 3. Ed-
ward, Sep. 2, 1810, m. Mary L. Smith, and d. in Arkansas, leav-
ing a son Josiah, now in Niagara, N. Y. 4. Sarah. 5. Lusan-
nah. 6. Lydia, m. Sam'l. Clark. 7. Alfred, m. a Parsons. 8.
Ebenezer. 9. Alexander. 10. Micah, d.

10. Sam'l., s. Capt. Rob't. L. 5, m. Jerusha, or Rusha Tower,
and lives near the Corners, on Broadway. He was Selectman in
1837, and '38. His w. d. Dec. 15, 1849, ae. 63. ch. : 1. Ru-
sha P., July 19, 1806, m. Benj. Josselyn, of H'n. 2. Benj. II.
T., Dec. 2, 1808, d. 1834, 3. Horace T., Jan. 27, 1811, prob.
d. at Sea. 4. Henry B., Feb. 20, 1813, in., and lives on Staten
Island, N. Y. 5. Wm. W., July 4, 1815, d. Oct, 4, 1833. 6.
Nancy, Jan. 4, 1818, d. Dec. 4, 1835. 7. Elizab. J., Nov. 8,
1818. 8. John P., Aug. 12, 1822, m. Ann Mitchell, lives at the
Corners, and has Ann U., Nov. 3, 1849. 9. Helen M. T., Dec.
22, 1824. 10. Betsey E., 1828, d. young. Another ch. d. July

17, 1820. 5^

ELLIS, John, was of Sandwich, in 1643, and from him descen-
ded the Ellises of H. He had a s. Mordecai, Mar. 24,1650, prob.
gr. fa. of Mordecai of II. We find records of the Ellis family in
Eng'd., in 1559, at which date John was Dean of Hereford, (Wil-
lis's Cathedrals, pp. 536, and 591,) and there is a Coat of Arms
in Berry's Gen. Kent, p. 64. There are several distinct families
in N. Eng., some of which are quite extensive.

o /s7/i J ' &/1 ' b. Jan. 4, 1718, a desc't. of

- mtrrOvU ^/Jno., of Sandwich, m. Sarah

Otis, Sep. 1739, and lived on Circuit st., where Abner Magoun
now resides, and there d. June, 1810, ae. 92, and his w. Ap. 22,
1796, ae. 77. He was for 13 yrs. Selectman, from 1750-63.
ch. : 1. Ruth, m. Jno. Bailey, and d. in 1786 ? 2. Rebecca,
May 21, 1741, m. Geo. Bailey. 3. Sarah, Oct. 31. 1742, d. Mar.

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13, 1803. 4. David, Aug. 1, 1744, m. 1, Ruth , who d.

Jan. 10, 1773 ; and 2, Ann Jenkins. He d., and his wid. m. a
Ford. His ch. were : Jno., m. Nabby Sylvester, Ap. 23, 1801 ;
Ruth, d. Oct. 15, 1802 ; and Nancy, m. David Gurney, of Ab'n.
5. Mordecai, Ap. 8, 1746. 6. Lucy, Aug. 16, 1748, m. Chas.
Otis. 7. Priscilla, Nov. 12, 1750, m. Jno. Little, of Mf d. 8.
Elizab., July 1, 1752, m. Jos. Ramsdell, May 17, 1787. 9. Clark,
Aug. 23, 1754. 10. Nath'L, Nov. 14, 1756. 11. Otis, Feb. 8,
1762, cl. unm.

3. Mordecai, s. Mordecai 2, m. Priscilla Rogers, of Mf'd., Nov.
1777, was of the Soc. of Friends, lived where Otis Ellis now resides,
and there d., and his wid. Sep. 8, 1850, ae. 96. ch. : 1. Huldah,
Mar. 3, 1779. m. Nathan Studley, May 18, 1806. 2. Rebecca,
Mar. 16,1781, m. Wm. Gifford/of Falmouth, Mass. 3. Abig.,
Oct. 16, 1782, m. Jno. Sherman, of N. Y'k. 4. Mordecai, July
16, 1785, drowned in N. River, Jan. 25, 1796. 5. Priscilla, Ap.
30,1787, m. Theoph. Gifford, of Falm'h. 6. David, June 19,
1789, m. Maria Loud, and lives in Lynn. 7. Sarah, Mar. 25,
1791, m. Sim., s. Jas. Hoxie, of Sandwich, in Aug. 1832, who d.
inH.,4Tan. 28, 1851, ae. 79. No ch. She survives. 8. Otis,
Nov. 4, 1795, m. Ruth Barker, of Dart'h., Mass., Ap. 12,1827,
lives on his father's place, and has Rhoda R., May 10, 1830, and
Priscilla R., Ap. 26, 1835. 9. Elizab., July 4, 1797, m. Jona.
Pratt, of Lynn, Dec. 2, 1817.

4. Clark, s. Mordecai 2, m. Ruth Spooner, of Ab'n., Sep. 26,
1782, and d. Ap. 27, 1836, and his wid. Sep. 19, 1846. Lived
on Circuit st. ch. : 1. Lucy, Ap. 21, 1783, m. Barker Ramsdell,
Aug. 3i, 1810, who d. in Batavia, N. Y., and his wid. in Michi-

n, ab. 1845, leaving ch. 2. Spooner, Nov., 1787, living unm.,
on his father's place. 3. Thomas, Oct. 20, 1791, m. Marg't., da.
Jona. Josselyn, of Pemb., Mar. 28, 1814, lives in Bridg'r., and
has Jona. IK, Aug. 16, 1814, m. Meribah Tallman, and is a mer-
chant, in N. Bed., no. ch. ; Jane, Mar. 3, 1816, m. Capt. Jos.
R. Tallman, of N. B., Oct, 29, 1838 ; Lucy, Mar. 3, 1816 ;
Wm., Ap. 25, 1820, d. ae. 21 ; Eliza W., Jan. 1, 1823, m.
Caleb Hobart, merchant, of Bridg'r. ; Thos. H., Ap., 1827, clerk
in N. Bed. ; and Ruth S., Oct. 28, 1829.

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6. Natlrl., s. Mordecai 2, m. Mary Ramsdell, July 20, 1787,
and d. Fe! . 5, 1817, and his wid,, Jan. 22, 1848. Lived on his
father's place, ch. : 1. Nath'l., Jan., 1790, m. Sally Josselyn,
Dec. 21, 1813, lives in E. Bridg'r.,and has Sarah B., m. Sam'l.
Hawes, Jan. 1, 1835 ; and Waterman J"., Nov., 1825, is m.,
lives in E. Bridg'r., and has ch. 2. Elizab. B., June, 1791, m.
John Estes, Feb. 26, 1815. 3. "Francis B., Oct., 1796, in. Lucy
L. Cortkell, Jan. 9, 1826, and d. Nov. 2, 1843, and his wid.
lives with her mother, on Circuit st. ch. : Lucy £., Feb. 13,
1828, d. May 26, 1830 ; Francis B., Jan. 23, 1831 ; Lucy IL,
Aug. 8, 1833, m. Frank Hutchins, and lives in Me. ; Lydia E.,
May 1, 1843, d. same year; and Calvin (7., Dec. 17, 1837. 4.
Mary II., Jan. 1805, m. Abner Magoun, jr., Ap. 16, 1825. 5.
Joseph, Ap. 1807, m. Mary, da. Benj. Bowker, of H'n., Oct. 1830,
lives on Circuit st, is a shoemaker, and has Benj. F., Jan. 8,
1831; Nath'l B., Feb. 18, 1834; and Joseph 1\ Ap. 21, 1836.

ESTES, Matthew, according to an old Bible, in the possession
of Wm. Estes, of H'n., was s. Rob't. and Dorothy E., and wash,
in Dover, Eng'd., 3 mo. 28 d. 1645, and m. Philadelphia, da.
Renald and Ann Jenkins, of Dover, N. Eng., 4 mo. 14 d., 1676.
She d. 10 mo. 25 d. 1721, and he 6 mo. 9 d. 1723. Of their ch.,
Jno., b. 5 mo- 14 d. 1684, and Richard, b. 7 mo. 2 d. 1686, were
of Lynn, in 1703, and signed the letter written by the Quakers of
that town to Gov. Dudley. (N. Eng. Gen. Reg. vol. 2, p. 149.)
Joseph, who was of Dover, 1719, who m., and whose desc'ts. are
in Me., v. as another of the sons ; also Matthew, jr., who d. in H., in
1774, ae. 85. The desc'ts. of the latter are here given, and in
their possession is the old family Bible.

2. Matt., s. Matt., with w. Alice, appears in II. ab. 1726, lived
on Plain st., where his desc'ts. yet reside, and there d., May 11,
1774, ae. 85, and his wid.Dec. 14, 1778, ae. 84. ch. : 1. Edward,
b. ab. 1708, and with w. Patience, appear on the Recs. in 1731,
and had ch., but none of his desc'ts. are in the town. Tradition
says they removed to Bristol Co., where the name is extant, in the
vicinity of Fall River, and N. Bed. 2. Wm., b. ab. 1710. 3.
Matt., Dec. 19, 1826, drowned Sept. 24, 1747, in a rash attempt

308 ESTES.

to swim over N. River, 'with his clothes on. 4. Sarah, June 8,
1733, m. Thos. Sylvester. 5. Rob't,, Jan. 12, 1736. Two ch.
d. young.

3. Wm., s. Matt. 2, m. Elizab. Stetson, in 1736, and lived near
his fa. ch. : 1. Susanna, June 29, 1737, m. Jno. Barker, ab.
1760. 2. Alice, June 29, 1737. 3. Wm., Feb. 11, 1739, mov-
ed to Wareham ? 4. Ruth, Nov. 9, 1741. 5. Richard, June 25,
1745. 6. Elizab., Aug. 10, 1747, d. May 31,1750. 7. Zilpha,
June 1, 1750, d. 1816. 8. Matt., Jan. 11, 1754, m., and left
ch., and some of his desc'ts. are in MP d.

4. Rob't., s. Matt. 2, a saddler by trade, m. Beulah Wing, of
Sandwich, lived on Plain st., and there d., Nov. 26, 1803, and hi3
wid. Sep. 20, 1833, ae. 83. ch. : 1. Zaccheus, Dec. 20, 1760.
2. Rob't., Feb. 11, 1763, d. young.3. Robert, Ap. 20, 1764, d.
young. 4. Hannah, Aug. 7, 1765, m. Jos. Dillingham, of N.
Y'k. State, Sep. 9, 1810 ? 5. Abig., d. young. 6. Joseph, m.
Ruth Diliingham, and moved to N. Y'k. State, where he has de-
sc'ts. 7. Alice, m. Steph. Rogers, Mf'd., and d. May, 1851 ; no
ch. 8. Benj., m. Sarah Kirby, and d. in Wheatland, N. Y., leav-
ing ch.

5. Richard, s. Wm. 3, m. Mercy Ramsdell, Nov. 4, 1778, and
d. Mar. 11, 1797, and his wid. m. Josiah Ellis, of Sandwich, May
23, 1806. Lived on School st., where Josh. Gates now resides.
ch. : 1. Betsey, m. 1, Benj. Stetson, Nov. 1, 1798, and 2, Josh.
Gates, Sep. 1, 1828, and cl. Sep. 8, 1851. No ch. 2. Richard,
1781. 3. Elijah, 1783, d. 1790. 4. Ruth, 1785, m. 1, Dan'l.
Barstow, 2, Roland Sylvester, and 3, Joseph Sylvester, of Me.
5. Mercy, 1787, m. 1, Geo. Vaughn, of Middo'., Nov. 26, 1807,
and 2, a Borden, of M., and d. Dec. 13, 1840. 6. Edward, Ap.
1790, went off 40 years since. 7. Wm., July 23, 1794.

6. Zaccheus, s. Rob't. 4, m. Elizab. Dillingham, who d. May 17,
1833, and he Feb. 19, 1846, ae. 85. Lived on Plain st.,
where his son Zaccheus now resides, ch. : 1. Robert, Oct. 20,
1788. 2. Zaccheus, June 14, 1790. 3. Jno., Ap. 28, 1792.
4. Sylvanus, Mar. 16, 1794, m. Ruth S. Ramsdell, Oct. 25, 1818,
lives in Mich'n., and has ch. 5. Reuben, Mar 27, 1796, m. Ma-
ry B. Ramsdell, Mar. 18, 1819, and lives in N. Y'k. State. Has

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ch. G. Stephen, Ap. 10, 1798, m. Lydia Briggs, Feb. 28, 1819,
lives in N. Y'k. State, and has ch. 7. Elijah, Jan. 14, 1800, m.
Jerusha Wheeler, June 6, 1824, lives in Mich'n., and has ch.
8. Wm, Feb. 15, 1802, m. 1, Lucy E. Ramsdell, Mar. 14, 1825,
who d. in N. Y'k. State ; and he has since m. a 2d w., and lives
in Baltimore, Md. 9. Rufus, Jan. 11, 1804, is m., and lives in
Mich'n. 10. Clarissa, June 27, 1806, m. Nathan Wing, of Sand-
wich.

7. Richard, s. Rich'd. 5, m. Saba D. Curtis, who d. Nov. 22,
1831. He lives in E. Ab'n. ch : 1. Richard, July 26, 1805. 2.
Saba D., m. Sam'l. Barstow, Oct. 28, 1830. 3. Betsey, m. Danl.
Barstow, Dec. 30, 1830. 4. Priscilla L., Oct, 31, 1815, cl. 1817.
5. Elijah, Jan. 17, 1818, d. same day. 6. Edward, Jan. 10,

1819, m. Betsey Stoddard, of Ab'n. 7. Elijah, May 30, 1824.

8. Wm., s. Rich'd. 5,m. Bethia Josselyn, Sep. 10, 1815, lives
in IFn., is a blacksmith, and has, 1. Wm., Mar. 29, 1816, m. 1,
Jane Lewis, of Pemb. ; 2, Emeline Stetson; and 3, Lauretta Wing;
lives in Sandwich, and has ch. 2. Lucy J., Dec. 15, 1817, m.
Saml. H. Reed, of II. 3. Florin, Nov. 15, 1819, d. Aug. 28,

1820. 4. Florin, m. 1, Lydia Barker, of H'n. ; and 2, Harriet,
Barker; lives in IFn., and has Betsey , and Florin. 5. Mercy B.,
Dec. 3, 1824, m. Alvin Studley. 6. Calvin J., Mar. 8, 1827,
m. Julia A. Sprague, lives in IFn., and has Cary Lee. 7. Helen,
Mar. 8,1831. 8. Dorothy J., Jan. 3, 1834. 9. Dan'l. B.,
Jan 22, 1839.

9. Rob't., s. Zacchcus 6., m. Experience Studley, lives in E.
Ab'n., is a blacksmith and machinist, 'and has, I. Elizab. D., Ap.
12, 1812, m. Josiah Torrey, of Ab'n., Jan. 5, T830, and has sev.
ch. 2. Rob't., July 4, 1815, m. Ann M. Morse, had Rob't. W.,
and Ellen 31., and d. 1841. 3. Clarissa B., Oct. 27, 1818, m.
Cyrus Pool, of Ab'n., Aug. 9, 1835, and d. Mar., 1843, leaving 1
ch., wh. d. soon after. 4. Nancy J., Aug. 9, 1820, m. Washing-
ton Jenkins, of Ab'n. 5. Beulah W., Oct. 3, 1823, d. May 27,
1835. 6. Rufus T., Sep. 20, 1826, m. 1, Sarah J. Tribou, who
d. Dec. 29, 1850, and 2, Marg't. Binney ; lives in E. Ab'n., and
has Alonzo 6'., Oct. 31, 1850. 7. Warren, Nov. 7, 1829, ni
Marietta Torrey, 1852. 8. Geo. II., Mar. 27, 1832.

310 FARNHAM— FITZGERALD.

10. Zaccheus, s. Zach. 6, m. Mary Dillingham, Nov. 2, 1818,
lives on his father's place, and has, 1. Elizab., Aug. 3, 1819, m.
Philander Studley, May 11, 1837. 2. Henry C, Jan. 29, 1822,
m. Sarah A Torrey, of Wey'h., in May 1844, lives in W., and
has Mary U., July, 1849. 3. Mary A., Dec. 3, 1830.

11. Jno., s. Zach. 6, m. Elizab. B. Ellis, Nov. 26, 1815, lives
on Pleasant st., and has, 1. Jno. W., Dec. 16, 1816, m. Polly
Whiting, Dec. 30, 1841, and has Alonzo W., d. ; and Mary W.
2. Elizab. B., Dec. 22, 1819, m. Hiram B. Bonney, of H. 3.
Mary R., Aug. 19, 1821, m. Allen F. Bonney, of H. 4. Ruth
D., m. Dan'l Willis, of H.

12. Joseph J., s. Joseph , "and w. Rebecca, of Bethel, Me., and
prob. a desc't. of Joseph, s. Matt. 1, m. Mary L., da. Josiah
Torrey, of Ab'n., Mar. 27, 1851, lives in E. Ab'n., and is clerk in
the store of Mr. Ellis. The mo. of Mr. E., m. Otis Perry, of H'n.

FARNHAM, or FARNUM, Rufus, of Hampton, Ct., s. Zebe-
diah, b. Mar. 9, 1796, m. 1, Loisa C. Reed, of Ct., Sep. 2, 1798,
who d. Feb. 17, 1805 ; 2, Mrs. Elizab. Kelley, da. Geo. Langley,
Esq., of Boston, Sep. 2, 1811, who d. Jan. 29, 1814; and 3,
Priscilla, wid. of Geo. Langley, jr., and da. of Capt. Tilden Crock-
er, June 12, 1815 ; was formerly a jeweller, in Boston, and now
resides in H., near N. River bridge, in the old M builder Sylvester
house," which was improved as a tavern for a time by Capt.
Crooker. ch.: 1. Rufus, July 23, 1799, d. July 6, 1805. 2.
Albert A., May 29, 1802, m. Eliza Wakefield, of Eng'd., and
lives in N. York. (By 2d,) 3. Sarah W., Aug. 13, 1812, d.
Sep. 25, 1813. (By 3d,) Loisa R., Jan. 13, 1823, m. Genl.
Jas. D. Thompson, of N. Bed., Dec. 12, 1843.

the first schoolmaster in

II., m. Marg't. Snow-

CtfAfyjltfL tfer&& don, of Beit,, Ap. 1729,

and d. Feb. 11, 1746,
and his wid. Mar. 22, 1763. (See p. 87-8.) ch. : 1. Marg't,,
May 23, 1733, m. Hezekiah Bowker ? Ap. 7, 1765. 2. Catherine,
Mar. 16, 1736, d. June 8, 1752.

FOSTER — GARDNER. 311

FOSTER, Joseph, of Mason, N. H., s. Jona., m. Grace Tur-
ner, in 1809, lives on Cedar st., and has, 1. Reuben T., Feb. 16,
1810, d. 1812. 2. Louisa, Sep. 27, 1811, m. 1, Asa Harlow,
and 2, Jno. Puffer, Aug. 15, 1831. 3. Reuben T., Jan. 20,
1814, m. Augusta J. Joice, and d. in 1848. No. ch. 4. And.
J., Jan. 4, 1816, m. Rachel J. Lane, Dec. 6, 1838. No. ch. 5.
Sylvia, Ap. 29, 1818, m. Ensign Crooker. 6. Josh., Nov. 23,
1820, m. Rosamond Scott, Nov. 23, 1846, and has Anna, Emma,
and a da. b. 1852. T. Mary, Dec. 16, 1824, m. Philander Lind-
sey. 8. Joseph E., June 29, 1827. 9. Harriet A., July 2

1830, m. Jno. S. Tower, of Ab'n. /

I

X

GARDNER, a name common in H'm., from which town most
of the Gardners of Plym'h. Co. originated. It is found in N. Eng.
as early as 1640, at which date Edmond, and Thomas, were made
freemen. The name was anciently spelled Garnet.

^—^ ^7^ /O s" J°snua? °f H'm., b.

2. QS<e^?i ^^C'^Y^Z^TA. 1770, m. Susanna Hatch,
S3S of H., May 8, 1798, and

d. in II., Nov. 25, 1852, ae. 82. His wid. survives, ch. : 1.
Thomas J., Esq., Selectman in 1834, and '35, and Rep. in 1834,
and '53, m. Elvira, da. Capt. Edward Curtis, lives on Mill st., is
proprietor of the old Curtis Mills, and has one da., Ellen. Mr. G.
is a man highly esteemed in the town, for his intelligence, and in-
tegrity, A view of his residence is given on the next page.
2. Hiram, Ap., 1803, a farmer, lives in the Ebenezer Curtis
House, at the corner of Mill st., m. 1, Rebecca, da. Dr. David
Bailey, June 5, 1831 ; and 2, Lucinda, da. Geo. Bailey; and has
Alfred, Oct., 1831, d. Nov., 1848 ; Anne B., Nov. 21, 1833, d.
Dec. 17, 1842 ; Seth, Mar. 6, 1836 ; EbenW. P.; (by 2d,) Char-
lotte S., May 17, 1842 ; Anne B., Feb. 8, 1844 ; George, Nov.
2, 1846 ; and Curtis, July 24, 1850, d. July 26, 1851 ? 3. Abi-
gail, Oct. 25, 1804, m. Thos. Jones, of Scit., Nov. 13, 1831, and
has one son, Marcellus. 4. Israel H., July 28, 1808, m. Harriet,
da. Capt. Elisha Barrell, Nov. 15, 1830, lives with Capt. B., and
has John B., Sep. 25, 1831, and Mary B., Ap. 29, 1836.

312

GARDNER — GARRATT.

RESIDENCE OF T. J. GARDNER, ESQ.

3. Noah, s. Noah, of H'm., b. June 9, 1778, m. Patience, da.
Jos. Damon, lives on Whiting st., is a shoemaker, and has one son,
Henry W., Mar. 22, 1821, m. Hannah E. Ames, of Mf d., Nov.
2, 1845, lives on Whiting st., and has James jET, Ap. 7, 1847;
Reuben JV., Nov. 9, 1848, d. 1849 ; and Sarah A., Feb. 10, 1851.

4. Minot T., s. Amos, of Ab'n., b. Feb. 24, 1826, m. Abigail
W., da. Elias Pratt, of Scit., June 5, 1851, lives on Whiting st.,
in the house with Justus Whiting, and has one son, b. March i,
1852.

5. Thomas H., b. Nov. 18, 1818, s. Alexander, of IPn., m. 1,
Sally B., cla. Thos. Chubbuck, and had 1. Mary A., Jane 30,
1837, d. Oct. 18, 1840 ; 2. Robert C., Jan. 23, 1839 ; 3. Henry
C, Mar. 13, 1841 : 4. Jno. D., Mar. 24, 1843 ; and 5. Lorenzo
T., Mar. 30, 1845. His first w. d. May 23, 1845, and he m. 2,
Debo., wid. of Joseph Curtis, Aug. 31, 1845, lives in South Scit,
and has by her, G. Mary A., July 23, 184G ; and 7. Abby S.,
March 13, 1849.

GARRATT, Alfred C, M. D., s. Richard, of Brookhaven, L.
I., was b. Oct. 3, 1813, received his preparatory education at
Lenox Acad., and grad. at Columbia Coll., as A.B.; and as M.D.,

GOODRICH.

313

at the Coll. of Phys. and Surgs., N. Y., in 1835-6 ; studied roed.
with Duryee, a distinguished French physician, and receive ;1 an
additional degree of M. D., at the Berkshire Med. Coll. His
health being feeble, he sett, for a time in Fulton Co., Ills., and was
Surgeon to the U. S. Dragoons, at Fort Des Moines. Leaving
the West, he travelled through the U. S, and the Brit. Prov's.,
and also visited the W. I. Islands, the Spanish Main, Venezuela,
Hayti, &c, and was U. S. Vice Consul for two years, at Port au
Prince. He m. 1, Harriet L., da. Geo. W. Taylor, Esq., of N.
York, Oct. 13, 1836, and by her had Harriet L., Jan. 20, 1838,
and Charles S., Oct. 23, 1843. His w. d. Jan. 5, 1847, and he
m. 2, Elizabeth, only da. of Capt. Joshua Howe, of Ab'n., Jan.
19, 1848, and by her has Joshua H., Feb. 19, 1850, and Alfred,
Jan 7, 1853. Dr. G. was sett, in Ab'ri. for a few years, as a
physician and apothecary, and now resides in H., near the Four
Corners, in the fine mansion house, erected by Rev. J. G. Cooper,
formerly Rector of St. Andrew's Church, and lately occupied by
Dr. J. B. Fobes. A view of his residence is annexed.

RESIDENCE OF DR. ALFRED C. GARRATT.

GOODRICH, George W., m. Celia Chubbuck, of Ab'n., lives
on Walnut St., and has George, William. Nathan, Celia, Joseph,
Perez, Sewall, and Eliza.

20

314 GRAY — GROSE.

GRAY, Thomas, of Dublin, with his w. Sarah, was in in Scit,
1730, and had ch. : 1. George, moved to Me. 2. William, m.
1, Abigail Perry, 1753, and 2, Sarah Hayden, 1765, and sett.
in Boston. 3. Lucy, m. a Lane, of Cohassett. 4. Abigail, m.
Dwelley Clapp, of Scit. 5. Elizabeth, Oct. 18, 1741, m. Samuel
Brooks, of H. 6. Mary, Nov. 24,1745. 7. Sarah. 8. James,
1755.

2. James, s. Thos., was a carpenter by trade, lived on the lane
W. of Rocky Swamp, m. Bethia Curtis, in 1785, and had, 1.
Abigail, June 3, 1787, m. Amos Dunbar. 2. Wm., prob. d. at
sea. 3. Harrison, of the firm of Hilliard & Gray, publishers and
booksellers, Boston ; m. Clarissa Eastham, of Exeter, N. II., d.,
and his wid. returned to E. 4. Bethia, m. Capt. Thos. Simmons,
of H. 5. Rebecca, June 1797, m. Amos Dunbar, now of South
Scit. 6. Elizab., Aug. 22, 1802, d. Aug., 1824.

GROSE, GROCE, or GROSS, Edmond, was in Boston, in
1642, and there d. in 1655, the Inv. of his Est. being entered 5
d. 2 mo., 1655, on the Prob. Rec. Suff., Vol. 3, p. 21, in which
he speaks of land at Muddy River, &c. His estate was appraised
at £185, and Jere. Huckins, and Lt. Jas. Johnson, were ap-
pointed to administer in behalf of the wid. and ch. The estate
was in debt to Matt. Grose, Mr. Cole, Clement Grose, Goodman
Weeden, Mr. Starr, jr., Matt. Barnes, Mr. Starr, senr., Brother
Burton, Goody Baker ? Sister Davis, Mrs. Bowyer, Mr. Garret's
fa. in Eng'd., for liquors, and to Barnard Squire. He left a s.
Isaac ? also a s. Simon ? who m. Mary Bond, of Boston, in Oct.,
1675, (N. E. Gen. Reg. 2, 254,) and sett, in H'm., where he
was fa. of Simon, Aug. 11, 1676 ; Thomas, Nov. 4, 1678; Jno.,
Ap. 13, 1681 ; Josiah, Aug. 2, 1683 ; Micah, Feb. 20, 1685 ;
Alice, Ap. 26, 1689 ; and Abigail, June 28, 1692. Most of
these m. and left desc'ts. (See H'm. Rec.) Edmond Gross, a
desc't. of Edmond, of Boston, was in H'm. in 1700, where he d.
Mar. 18, 1727-8, and his w. Martha, Sep. 19, l|gf. He had
Elizab., Jan. 13, 1700 ; Anne, Feb. 22, 1701 ; Edmund, Muy 10,
1705 ; Obadiah, Mar. 28, 1708 ; and Martha, Mar. 29, 1711.

GROSE — GURNEY. 315

We incline to the opinion that there was also another son, Isaac
b. ab. 1713, and not entered on the H'm. Rec. Edmond, son of
Edmcncl, m. Olive Sylvester, in 1736, and sett, in Scit., where
his desc'ts. yet reside, and was fa. of Elisha, whose sons John and
Lewis, are still living in So. Scit.

2. Isaac, m. Ruth Sylvester, Oct. 27, 1740, and d. Oct. 17,
1773. His ch. were, 1. Mary, Mar. 21, 1742, m. Morris H.
Clark, Ap. 2, 1789. 2. Sarah, Ap. *21, 1743, d. May 6, 1774.

3. Ruth, 1746, d, Sep. 6, 1820. 4. Thos., 1747, d. June 26,
1798. 5P Sanil., 1749. 6. Jacob, a mariner, went off many
years since. 7. Zilpha, 1752, d. Mar. 17, 1808. C. Elizab., d.
July 23, 1775. 9. Isaac, 1756, d. July 28, 1804.

3. Samuel, s. Isaac 2, m. 1, Elizab. Torrey, Eeb. 24, 1780 ;
and 2, Submit Gardner, of H'm., Mar. 3, 1791, who d. Sep. 15,
1816, ae. 45, and he Nov. 16, 1817. A soldier in the Rev'n.
ch. : 1. Elizab. T., m. 1, Nathl. Pratt, Hfx., Nov. 29, 1803; and
2, Joseph Sylvester, of H. 2. Mary, m. David Turner, Aug. 3,
1800. 3. Ruth, m. Thos. Winslow, Feb. 20, 1800. (By 2d,)

4. Sarah S., m. Harris W. Totman, of Scit. He d. 1852. 5.
Pamelia, m. Wm. Lucas, Plym'h. 6. Sylvia, m. Nathl. Bennet.

7. Nathl., drowned. 8. Melzar, Dec. 5, 1808, is m., lives in
Cohas't,, and has ch. 9. Ansel G., July 14, 1803. 10. Nathl.,
is m., and lives in E. Ab'n.

4. Ansel G., s. Saml. 3, m. Rebecca, da. Laban Wilder, Nov.
27, 1816, lives in So. Scit., and has, 1. Henry A., Mar. 12, I826,
m. Julia A. Curtis, July 11, 1847, lives in So. Scit., and has
Geo. K, Nov. 22, 1850. 2. Charles, June 15, 1828, m. Mary
A. Hobart, July 11, 1847, lives in So. Scit., and has Chas. W.,
Ap., 1849. 3. Dexter, June 9, 1830. 4. Nelson, Aug. 12,
1832. 5. Rebecca, Sep. 22, 1834. 6. Mary, Sep. 20, 1836,
m. Perkins Clapp. 7. Helen M., Dec. 1, 1838, d. Oct. 1, 1840.

8. J no., Dec. 1, 1840. 9. Geo. W., Jan. 14, 1844, d. Mar. 17,
1847. 10. Edward E., Sep. 14, 1845, d. Ap. 27, 1846. 11.
Ellen, June 24, 1848. 12. Emma, Feb. 27, 1851.

GURNEY, Joseph W., s. Melvin, of Ab'n., and prob. a desc't
of Saml., of Ab'n., 1694, m. Iantha E. Studley, May 25, 1837,
lives on Pleasant st., is a shoemaker, and has, 1. Warren S., June

316 HALL — HAMMOND — HARDING — HATCH.

5, 1839. 2. Matilda S., May 8, 1841. 3. Lysander F., June
8, 1843. 4. Ann E., Dec. 20, 184T.

2. Benoni, s. Benoni, of Ab'n., m. Eliza W. Delano, Oct. 14,
1846, lives on King st., and has, 1. Elenor J., Feb. 19, d. Sep.
18, 1847. 2. Willard A., Ap. IT, 1848. 3. Benoni H., Jan.
21, 1851.

HALL, Benj. B., s. Danforth, and w. Betsey (Trouant), of
Mfd., m. Nancy N., da. Nathl. Curtis, Nov. 26. 1838, lives on
Centre st., in the Amos Bates house, and has, 1. Benj. E., Ap.
11, 1840. 2. Nancy A., Oct. 30, 1842. 3. Sarah C, Jan. 18,
d. Feb. 11, 1846. 4. Helen, Oct. 31, 184T. 5. Francis A.,

Dec. 1, 1850.

«

HAMMOND, Henry, b. Feb. 3, 1825, and Joseph, b. 1834,
sons Francis, of Peinb., with their mo., a wid., live on Wash'n. st.,
near East st.

HARDING, Seth W., s. Jno., of E. Bridg'r., and prob. a
desc't. of Jno., of Braintree, 1707, m. Cynthia J. Tribou, lives on
Centre st., is a shoemaker, and had Everett E., June 8, 1849, d.
Oct. 27, 1851.

•„ (William Hatch) a merchant, of

'^Vu£^Qyrry\ |f^^ Sandwich, England, with his w.

Jane, five children, and servants,
embarked, in the Hercules, of Sandwich, John Witherley,
master, for N. Eng., in 1634, with many others, who sett, in
Scit. ; and the same year we find him in Scit., living on Kent st.
He was the first ruling elder of the 2d Church, in 1643, and was
an active and useful man in the settlement of the town. His
desc'ts., in Plym'h. Co., and elsewhere, are very numerous. Of
these, Jeremiah bought the place of John Hanmer, ab. 1680, now
occupied by Albert White, Esq., (see p. 24,) but of his desc'ts.,
none remain in Hanover. Israel Hatch, of Mfd, had sons Jno.,
and Thos., who were of H., and some of their desct's. are still in
the town.

HATCH — HER- 317

2. John, b. May, 1739, s. Israel, of Mf'd., m. Barshaway Tur-
ner, 1760, and built the house on Main st., in which his son Jno.
now lives. He was a Capt. in the Rev'n., and d. May 1, 1809.
and his wid. in 1824. ch. : 1. Barshaway, May 30, 1761, m.
Snow Curtis, of H. 2. Jno., July 28, 1762, d. Ap. 27, 1775,
3. Ezekiel T., June 14, 1764, m. Han'h. Bailey, May 8, 1788,
and d. Feb. 1, 1797, leaving ch. 4. Melzar, May 8, 1766. 5.
Ruth, Oct. 15, 1768, d. Mar. 7, 1775. 6. Sibyl, Sep. 7, 1770.
Yet living, in H. 7. Lucy, Mar. 12, 1772, m. Ezra Beal, Pemb.,
Ap. 15, 1790. 8. Rachel, Mar. 1, 1774, m. Josh. Dwelley,
Mar. 16, 1797. 9. Jno., Ap. 27, 1776, (m. Nancy Cleaves, of
Beverly, who is d., and he lives on his father's place. Of his ch.,
Lucy, m. Wm. E. Smith, of H. ; Sibyl, m. Danl. Dill, of Hull ;
John, is living in H., on Circuit st, m. Elizab. E. Stetson, Aug.
25, 1836, and has Ann E., Aug. 7, 1837; Sarah, Nov. 29,
1838 ; Alice J., Ap. 6, 1840 ; Benj. S., Sep. 22, 1842, d. Sep.
9, 1843 ; and Benj. S., Ap. 2, 1848 ; Benj. C, lives in Taun-
ton, and is m. ; and the wid. of Ezekiel T., is living in H., on
Main st. There is also a da. Ruth, living with her fa.) 10.
Gamaliel, Feb. 14, 1778, m. 1, Mary, da. Capt. Edward Wilder,
of H'm., and sett, in Beverly ; and, 2. Ann Bowker. He is d.
Left sev. ch. 11. Ruth, Jan. 5, 1780, m. Stephen Bailey, Oct.
27, 1816.

3. Melzar, s. Jno. 2, m. Sally Barstow, Jan. 3, 1802, and d.
Jan. 5, 1807, and his wid. Dec. 1, 1831, ae. 51. ch. : 1. Melzar^
1803, m. Ruth T., da. Benj. Bass, May 25, 1828, lives on Main
st., in the house erected by himself, and has one son, Melzar, Oct.
2, 1832, m. Sarah E., da. Capt. James Farrow, and has a son
Walter, b. 1852. 2. Sarah, 1805, m. Joshua Cushing. 3.
Barshaway T., 1808, m. Jacob Sprague, Nov. 15, 1829.

HERSEY, David, b. Nov., 1785, s. Stephen, of E. Bridg'r.,
and a desc't. of Wm., of Ab'n., 1719, m. Jane, da. Col. J. B.
Barstow, Nov. 12, 1816, who d. April 14, 1847. He lives on
Broadway, in the old Bardin house, ch. : 1. Jacob, Dec. 31,
1816, is a ship-master ; m. Frances G., da. Judge Kilborn Whit-
man, of Pemb., and lives in P.; no ch. 2. Jane B., March 8,

318 HENDERSON — HOLLIS — HOLMES.

1820, d. March 1, 1847. 3. Robert, Ap. 10, 1824, m. Lucy EL,
da. Chas. Dyer, in 1848, lives with his fa., and has Jane i?.,May
23, 1849. 4. Mary, Dec. IT, 1830.

HENDERSON, Wm, son Sam'L, b. Oct. 8, 1796, m. Mary
Mann, Mar. 11, 1821, and d. in California, in 1828. His wid.
lives on Main st. ch. : 1. Wm. L., May 18, 1823, m. Sarah
Morse, Sept. 1, 1834, is in Cala., and has Wm. _F., Jno. P., and
Charles 0. 2. Mary M., Sept. 27, 1830, m. Capt. Duncan T-
Stoddard, Sept. 1851. 3. Sam'l. A., Aug. 5, 1833, m. Rebecca
Spear, June 15, 1851. 4. Lloyd G., Jan. 1836. 5. Joseph M.,
June 22, 1840.

HOLLIS, Silas, s. Jno., m. Hannah B. Dwelley, lives on Broad-
way, is a carpenter, and has 1. Mary D., Aug. 1833, m. Chas.
E. Thayer, of H. 2. Lydia A. S., Jan. 1836. 3. Hannah J.,

Feb. 1838. 4. Elizab. A., Mar. 9, 1844. \

2. Abel, of Plym'h., m. Betsey Pratt, Nov. 1820, lives on Jj
Broadway, and has 1. Abigail, Feb. 27, 1826, m. Zenas Sturtevant.
2. Josh., May 16,1828. 3. Betsey S., Sep. 9, 1833, d. 1834.
4. Betsey S., Jan. 4, 1836. 5. Sam'L, Dec. 8, 1841. 6. Lo-
renzo, Mar. 20, 1844, d. 1848.

HOLMES, Rev. Cyrus, s. Nath'L, of Hfx., b. July 9, 1800.
stud, at Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H., grad. at Dart. Coll. 1828, and
at And. 1831; was Princ. of the Acad, in Woburn, 1831-'35; Tutor
of the Clas'l. Dep't of the High School, Northampton ; after which
he preached for a time, but ill health compelled him to abandon his
profession, and in 1840, he came to H., and was Princ. of the
Acad, till his death ; and Rep. in 1848-'49. He d. Aug. 16,
1849, and his wid., Sophia A., da. Dr. Ant'y. Collamore, of Pemb.,
whom he m. June 17, 1832, survives, and lives in the Judge
Cushing house, ch. : 1. Elizab., Ap. 24, 1833, d. Sep. 20,
1834. 2. Cyrus C, Oct. 2, 1836. 3. Luther W., Sep. 15,
1839. 4. Sophia A., Ap. 20, 1842. 5. Thos. B., May 14, 1844.
6. Eliza C, and 7. Nancy, Mar. 10, d. July, 1848.

HOUSE — HOWLAND — JACOBS.

319

HOUSE, Sam'l., was of Bos'n., prob. the same as Sam'l. of
Scit., 1634 ; and Sam'l. of the 6th gen. from him, is now, living
in H., m. 1, Ruth Turner, and 2, Elizab. T. White, and has 1.
Sam'l., May 15, 1823, m. Mary C. Josselyn, lives in H'n., and
has eh. 2. Jas. W., May 17, 1827.

2. Julius, a desc't. of Sam'l. the first, m. Ruth Bailey, lives on
King st., and has sons Julius and William.

HOWLAND, Alvin, s. Jona., of H'n., b. Nov. 20, 1808, m.
Marcia Josselyn, Nov. 20, 1838, lives on Summer st., is a shoema-
ker, and has 1. Alonzo H., Aug. 4, 1839. 2. Charles A., June
1842.

JACOBS FAMILY.

Arms: A chev. gu., between three
wolves heads, erased, ppr.

Crest: A wolf, pass. ppr.

JACOB, or JACOBS, an English family, probably of Jew-
ish descent, settled in Berkshire, Middlesex, Suffolk, Warwick-
shire, and Wiltshire. William was among the gentry of Berk-
shire, in 1433; Nicholas was of Suffolk; Humphrey was of the
gentry of Warwickshire, in 1433 ; and Thomas was of Wiltshire,
and d. in 1646, ae. 73. (See Fuller's Worthies of Eng. passim.)
The coats of arms of different branches, vary in some points, but
agree in the main, tigers heads being occasionally substituted for
wolves heads. (See Betham's Baronetage, and Burke's General
Armory.)

320 JACOBS.

Nicholas, the ancestor of a portion of the families in N. Eng.,
according to Dan'l. Cushing's record, "with his w., and 2 ch., and
their cosen Thos. Lincoln, weaver, came from old H'm., and sett.
in this H'm., in 1633."J He resided a short time at Wat.,2 and
was made freeman in 1635 — 6.

In June, 1635, there were granted to him 6 acs. of Planting
ground, upon "weariall Hill." June 4, 1636, the first of the
Great Lots next to Wey'h. river was assigned to him ; and a lot of
6 acs. "at the head of the plain next to Edward Gillman, his
bro. in law." He had also a house lot in Bachelor river, which he
sold to Mr. Gillman. Mar. 23, 1637, he was one of the nine Se-
lectmen. July 6, 1640, he was one of the 9 to divide Conohasset,
where he had land. In 1648 — 49, he was Rep. to the Gen'l.
Court. In 1655, he wras one of the 3 Commissioners to be pre-
sented to the Court for the year ensuing. He d. June 5, 1657,
leaving an estate of £393 8s. 6d., and a will, in which he gives
legacies "to wife Mary, £30 ; to Joseph, Hannah, and Debo. Lor-
ing, £10 each ; to son John, a double portion ; to son Joseph, to
da. Mary, w. of Jno. Otis, to da. Elizab., w. of Jno. Thaxter, to
da. Sarah, w. of Jno. Cushing, and to das. Debo., and Han'h.,
equal shares." ch. : 1. John, b. in Eng. 2. Elizab., b. in
Eng., m. Jno Thaxter, Dec, 1648. 3 Mary, b. in H'm.,
m. Jno. Otis, 1652 — 3. 4. Sarah, m. Jno. Cushing, 1653.
5. Hannah, bap. Feb. 23, 1640, m. Lt. Matt. Cushing?
(See her brother's will.) 6. Josiah, bap. Nov. 6, 1642, d. young.
7. Debo. L., bap. Nov. 26, 1643, m. Cap. Nath'l Thomas, M'fd.
Jan. 19, 1664, had 10 ch., and d. in 1696. 8. Joseph, bap.
May 10, 1646.

Note : the wid. of Mr. J., m. Jno. Beal, of H'm., in 1659.

(Captain John, ) son

s^^i Z^7 /// ft Nicholas, m. 1, Mar-

s^ sfO ±1** /lOir-CLZOt/s gery, da. of Anthony

J ' J Eames, Oct. 20, 1653

" who d. Ap. 7, 1659 ;

and 2, Mary, da. Geo. Russell, Oct. 3, 1661 ; was of Glad Ti-

1 Lincoln's Bi. Cent address, p. 42. 2 Ibid, p. 37.
3 Deane's Scit. p. 292,andProb. Rec. Suff.

JACOBS. . 321

dings Plain ; surveyor, 1658 ; one of the 13 who, in 1G60, oppos-
ed Capt. Josh. Hobart's being freed from taxes "on acc't. of be-
ing Capt." In 1670, 10 shares in each of the 1, 2, 3, and 4,
divsn's. of land were assigned him. In 1680, he was one of the
11 who voted against building the old meeting house, now Mr.
Richardson's, where it at present stands. His quarterly tax this
year was £3 4s. 6d. In 1682, he was Capt. of the Anc. and
Hon. Artil'y. Co. ; and in 1685, he was one of Com'ee. of 8, to
lay out highways in the Conohasset grant. He was much employ-
ed in town business ; and was a man of enterprise and shrewdness.
He d. Sep. 18, 1693, leaving a will, in which he gives to his bro.
Joseph, a piece of fresh meadow, then in his occupancy ; to his
eldest son David, <£50, over and above what he had already had ;
— to Peter, and Sam'l., a saw mill and fulling mill, with the ponds
and land adjoining, on both sides of the river, &c. ; and to Peter,
£60, for his services since of age ; to John, house and land at Co-
hasset, at Cold Spring, occupied by Francis Howell, together with
70 shares in the 1st diy. of lands, if he lives to have heirs, other-
wise, 1-2 of the same to David's eldest son, and the other 1-2 to
Peter, and Sam'l. ; — to da. Mary Bisbe,12 acs., at G't. Plain, bought
of Jno. Otis, and formerly owned by Thos. Turner, and £17, to be
paid in six years ; to da. Sarah Hawkes, 4 lots at the Ware river
and £20, to be paid in six years ; — to da. Jael Cushing, home land,
bought of Jno. Magoone, and £10, in 6 years ; — to Elizab. Tur-
ner, 2 shares in the Major's purchase, and £50, in 6 years ; — to da*
Hannah, £100, 1-2 in 1 year, and the rest in 6 years ; — to da.
Debo., £100, 1-2 when of age, and the rest in 7 years ; to da.
Lydia, 1-2 corn mill at Wey'h., and £20, when 18 years of age ;
— and to da. Abigail, barn, upland, &c, at Cohasset, at a place
called Beach Island, — the profits to be for her education till of age.
He speaks of his gr. fa. Russell, for whom he makes provision in
his old age ; also of his fa. Russell, and of his bros. in-law, Capt.
Nath'l. Thomas, and Lt. Matt.Cushing ; and his estate was apprais-
ed at £1298 5s.1 eh.: 1. John, Oct. 2, 1654, slain by
the Indians, near his father's house, Ap. 19, 1676. 2. Mary,

1 Prob. Ptec. Suff. Aug. 1693, and the files.

322 Jacobs.

March 30, 1657, called Mary Bisbe in her father's will;
prob.m. Sam'l. Bisbe ? 3. Sarah, Sep. 20, 1657, m. Jas. Hawkes,
July 9, 1678. (By 2d,) 4. Jael, Sep. 7, 1662, m. Matt. Cashing,
3 684, and d. Dec. 23, 1708. 5. David, June 20, 1664. 6.'
Elizab., Ap. 11, 1666, m. Elisha Turner ? 7. Peter, Feb. 12,
1667. 8. Hannah, Dec. 26, 1669. 9. Sam'l., Nov. 30, 1671.
10. Debo., Aug. 15, 1674, d. Aug. 22, 1675. 11. Debo., May
8, 16 77, m. Jno. Cushing ? Dec. 27, 1694. 12. John, July 13,

1679, prob. m. Sarah, da. Dan'l. Cushing, Feb. 19, 1711, was
of Cohasset, and Dea. of the Church, but left no ch. on record.

13. Lydia, Ap. 18, 1681, in. Jno. Gould, Hull, Jan. 17, 1699-

14. Abigail, Nov. 13, 1683, m. Nath'l Gill, Aug. 15. 1705.

o {^,( / >v/ S S0rL Nicholas, was freem., in

^erf&l/h t'/^O&^YY^ and had lot of land

' near Great Hill, and 4shares

in the divis. of Lands in 1670. He was a carpenter by trade,

and by wife Hannah, had 1. Joseph, Feb. 20, 1672, prob.

d. young. 2. Joseph, Ap., 10, 1675. 3. Benj., Ap. 10,

1680. 4. Mary, Sep. 16, 1686, d, Mar. 22,1695. This
is all the record we have found of the family. He is named in the
will of his bro. John.

s. Capt. John 2, sett, in

4* ^ Y~ \ (2 /? ^cit., ab. 1688, when he

jyCA~<lA<. d^Ou t^fc- purchased the lands of his

uncle, Geo. Russell, on the south-east of Stockbridge's mill,
anciently the Stedman place, and his house stood where stands
that of the late Sam'l Hatch. He is called a ''weaver " on
the Prob. Rec. Suff., and was an active man in the town?
of good education, Dea. of the church, and always employed in
public affairs, and as a school-master. He m. 1, Sarah, da. Jno.
Cushing, Esq., 1689, she being his cousin ; and 2, Mary Cushing.
ch. : 1. David, Oct. 28, 1690, prob. d. young. 2. Mary, July
15, 1692, m. Josh. Barker. 3. Sarah, Sep. 15, 1694, m. Jede-
di. Lincoln. 4, Elisha, Oct. 30, 1696, d. young. 5. Debo., Ap.
22, 1698, m. Dr. Isaac Otis, Scit., the first regularly edu. phys.
sett, in Scit., and a gent, of uncommon acccomplishments of

*&%&

Jacobs. 323

person and mind. He d. 1718. 1 6. Lydia, Aug. 1, 1700. 7.
Josh., Mar. 31, 1702. 8. Hannah, Ap. 27, 1704, m. Jno. Spar-
rowhawk, Plym'h., Dec. 2, 1715 ; and 2., Sam'l. Cushing. 9. Jo-
seph, Aug. 16, 1707. 10. Benj., Ap. 10, 1709. 11. Elisha, Oct.
7, 1711. Left no desc'ts. on record .

5. Peter, s. Capt. Jno. 2, m. Hannah, da. Sam'l. Allen, of
Barnstable, is called a "Fuller," on the Prob. Rec. Suff., and lived
and d. in H'm. ch. : 1. Jno., Oct. 7, 1694, m. Mercy Farrow,
1724, was Rep. 1726, and had Jno., 1724, Mary, 1726, and Al-
lyn. 1728. 2. Hannah, July 22, 1695, m. Jacob Loring. 3.
Mary, Sep. 19, 1698, m. Abel Gushing. 4. Elizab., Ap. 9,1700,
m. Thos. Andrews, H'm. 5. Peter, Oct. 25, 1701. 6. Jael,
May 10, 1703, m. Benj. Loring, Dec. 24, 1728. 7. Lydia, Ap.
16, 1705, m. Rev. Ne'h. Hobart, Cohas't,, Jan. 14, 1724, and d.
Feb. 12, 1736. 8. Joseph, Aug. 11, 1706, d. young. 9. Jo-
seph, Ap. 14. 1708, m. Ruth Wilson, and had Mary,, 1735,
Ruth, 1737, and 1 da. d. young. 10. Abig., Dec. 3, 1709, m.
Josh. Herrick, Beverly, Sep. 8. 1737. 11. Sarah, July 13, 1712,
m. Jona. Lazell, Dec. 21 1743. 12. Debo., Aug. 28, 1714, m.
Jas. Fearing, Nov. 22, 1733. '

6. Sam'l. s. Jno. 2, m. Elizab. , is called a" husbandman,"

in the Prob. Rec. Suff., and d. intestate, Oct. 29. 1695, leaving
one s., Sam'l., b. June 27, 1695, of whom his mo. was appointed
guardian, and who sett, in Pemb., being called Lt. Sam'l., on the
Pemb. Rec. By w. Susanna, he had, 1. Seth, m. Penelope Burton,
Oct. 23, 1751, and had Sam?!., (m. Mary Sprague, and had Jno.
who m. Grace Earned,) Seth, Stephen, and Sam'l.; and 2. Bur-
ton.

7. Joshua, s. Capt. David 4, m. Mary James, Ap. 7, 1726, and
lived in Scit., where I. R. Jacobs, Esq., now resides, having built
that house. He was an early proprietor of the Jacobs Mills, with
his bro. Dr. Joseph, and was an extensive landholder, and a man
of industry, and active business habits. He d. Dec. 9, 1784, ae.
82, and his wid. July 22, 1803, ae. 99. ch.. : 1. Sarah, Nov. 2,
1727, d. Aug. 13, 1753. 2. David, Jan. 16, 1729. 3.

1 See the Otis' Geneology, in the N. E. Gen. Keg.

324 JACOBS.

Mary, July 17, 1732, m. Col. Jno. Cushing, of Scit., and d., Ap.
27, 1814, ae. 82. 4. Jno., May 23, 1735. 5. Joshua, June 23,
1737. 6. Eunice, July 23, 1740, d. Dec. 4. 1784. 7. James,
Mar. 6. 1742. 8. Lucy, Nov. 3, 1748, m. Nath'l. Jacobs, Jan. 6,
1780, and d. in 1812.

8. Dr. Joseph, s. Capt. David 4, m. Mary, da. Edward
Eoster, of Dorchester, in 1734, was sometime Deacon of the 2d.
Church in Scituate, and lived where Col. Jno. Collamore now
resides. He was a skilful physician, a man of good talents, suc-
cessful in his practice, and of respectable standing. He was also
part proprietor of the Jacobs Mills, and a large land holder,
both in Scituate and Hanover, ch. : 1. Elisha, Aug. 29, 1735.
•2. Relief, Jan. 16, 1737, m. David Jacobs. 3. Hannah, May 9,
1739, m. Jno. James. 4. Sarah, May 1741, m. Jno. Foster. '5.
Lydia, May 30, 1743, m. Amasa Whiting. 6. Joseph, May 7,
1745, d. young. 7. Debo., May 12, 1747, d. unm. 8. Nath'l.,
Oct. 7, 1748, d. young. 9. Nath'l., Ap. 6, 1750. 10. Mary,
Jan. 27, 1751, m. Jno. Foster, — his 2d w. 11. Abig., Dec. 1,
1753, m. Caleb Sylvester. 12. Joseph, July 12, 1755, d. young.
13. Joseph, May 5, 1757.

9. Benj., s. Capt. David 4, m. Mary Thomas, of Pemb., and
lived and d. at his father's place, in Scit, since known as the Sam'l.
Hatch place, ch. : 1. Anne, July 6, 1738, d. young. 2. Mary,
Sep. 8, 1739, m. Sam'l. Hatch. 3. Anne, May 30,~1743, d.
young. 4. Priscilla, Feb. 8, 1746, d. young. 5. Priscilla, d.
unm. 6. Anne, Nov. 25, 1753, d. unm. 7. Sarah, Jan. 10,
1756, d. unm., Mar. 27, 183£. /

10. Peter, s. Peter 5, m. Lydia, da. Jno. Lane, Ap. 5, 1731,
and lived and d. in H'm., a respected and useful citizen, ch. : 1.
Jno., Aug. 14, 1732. 2. Lydia, Aug. 3, 1734, m. Jno. Lincoln,
Aug. 5,1760. 3. Bethia, 1736. 4. Peter, Aug. 23, 1738. 5.
Nicholas, Aug. 26, 1741. 6. Hannah, 1744, m. Isaac Sprague.
7. Mary, 1746. 8. David, 1747. m. Hannah Abbot ?

._ /s. Josh. 7, lived in H., m. 1,

11. j2) 0/ltf'* Q<l-C&& Hannah Richmond, June 2,

& 1759, who d. Mar. 17, 1776 ;

and 2, Relief, da. Dr. Joseph Jacobs, Jan. 16, 1778 ; lived where

Jacobs. 325

Rev. R. L. Killam now resides, in Snappet ; and built that house,
which he improved for many years as a Tavern. (See the view
under Mr. Killam's name.) He was an extensive land holder,
and surveyor ; Selectman from 1776-'78 ; a member of the Com.
of Safety in the Rev'n.; Rep. in 1780, 81, and 86 ; and d. Dec. 16,
1808, ae. 79, and his w. Jan. 6, 1805, ae. 68. ch. : 1. David,
Ap. 20, 1763. 2. Perez, Oct. 29, 1765. 3. Richmond, Sep. 12,
1767, d. Feb. 4, 1775. 4. Hannah, May 29, 1769, m. Nath'l.
Gushing, Scit. 5. Eunice, Feb. 4, 1775, d. Feb. 27, 1850

12. Col. Jno., s. Josh. 7, m. Hannah Tolman, and lived in Scit.,
where Dr. Bailey's desc'ts. now reside. He was a mason by trade,
a Col. in the Rev'n., and a man of great activity and ability, ch. :

1. Jno., Sep. 22, 1759, m. Mabel Litchfield, was a blacksmith by
trade, and lived for a time in H., where Hiram Curtis now resides,
whence he moved to Carlisle, Mass., where his desc'ts. still reside
and of which town his son Jno., was Rep. to the Mass. Leg. in 1850.

2. Sam'l., or Lend., June 10, 1761, m. Sarah Randal), was a
shipwright by trade, lived in Scit., and had Sarah, m. Michael
Ford. ; L&nCl., d. unm. ; Benj., now living in So. Scit,, (m. Tripho-
sa Sylvester, and has Sarah, Adeline, Warren and Tempe,) and
Nancy. 3. Hannah, Ap. 4, 1763, m. Col. Chas. Turner, and is yet
living, in So. Scit. 4. Sarah, Dec. 15, 1764, m. Calvin Bailey, of
H. 5. Francis, Oct. 2, 1766. 6- Mary, July 20, 1768, m.
Jas. Bourne. 7. Chas., May 26, 1770, m. Elizabeth Snelling, was
a carpenter, lived in Bos'n., and had, Rlizab., m. a Peterson ;
Nancy S. ; Harriet ; and Chas. 8. Roland, Mar. 17, 1772, m
Anna Eames, lives in Me., is a shipwright, and has Roland, m. a
Young, and has ch. ; Warren; John; Mary, m. a Bradford;
Ann ; said Hannah. 9. "Walter, Dec. 27, 1774, m. Elizab. Turner,
d. in Scit., and his wid. lives in Ab'n. ; had Walter; Mary A.,
(m. Milo Kellogg, and lives in E. Ab'n.) ;' Mariah, (m. Marshal
H. Litchfield,) ; Roland, (m. Emily Blanchard, and has Chas.,
Geo., Lyman, and Emily) ; Chas. ; Lyman ; Ellinor ; and Lydia.
10. Fanny, Nov. 18, 1776, living in So. Scit. 11. Warren, Mar.
29, 1778, m. Rachel Clapp, was killed by falling from a building
in Boston, and his wid. m. Stephen Hall, and is now a wid., in
Medford. His ch. were Warren, (m. Tamsen Puffer, May 10,

326

JACOBS.

1833, lives in So. H'm., and has Warren H., Jan. 10, '35, drown-
ed in 1845 ; Mary C, Oct. 29, '38 ; Jno. 2., Jan. 23, '40 ; An-
drew, Feb. 8, '43 ; and Warren H., June 4, 1850, d. May, 1851) ;
Rachel, m. Dr. Milton Fuller, of Medford ; and Mizab.', m. Ste-
phen Coats, of Saugus. He is d.

13. Capt. Josh., s. Josh. 7, m. Elizab. Richmond, and lived
where his son Loring's desc'ts. now reside. He was a cooper by
trade ; a Capt. in the Rev'n. ; sometime Selectman of Scit. ; and a
man of sound sense, few words, and steady habits. He d. Aug.
9, 1808, ae. 71, and his w. Dec. 9, 1781, ae. 47. ch. : 1. Josh.,
Sep. 22, 1767. 2. Elizab., Oct. 24, 1769, d. mini. 3. Loring,
May, 1771. 4. Lucy, Ap. 16, 1773, m. Josh. Hersey, H'm.,
Mar. 6, 1794. 5. Rhoda, Aug. 17, 1778, m. Jacob Beal, Mar.
14, 1798. 6. Mary, Aug. 26, 1780, m. Alex'r. Yining, and is
living a wid., in So. Scit. 7. S}Tlvester, Sep. 1, 1782, lives in Gro-
ton, and has Elizab. ; Cynthia S., d. ae. ab. 28 ; Sylvester, d. ae.
..j. 12 ; Lucy ; Amelia ; and Charles, now at H. Coll.

s. Josh. 7, m. Debo. Richmond,

14.

^71^/

Mar. 19, 1772, and lived where
his son I. R. Jacobs, Esq., now
resides, in So. Scit., where he

d., Sep. 12, 1827, ae. 86, respected in life and lamented in death.

ch.: 1. Jas., Jan. 3, 1773, d. atH. Coll., Sep. 16, 1793. 2. Ich-

abod R., June 27, 1774. 3. Debo., June 22, 1776, m. Capt.

Chas. Cushing, H'm. 4. Thos. M., Sep, 22, 1777. 5. Nabby,

June 19, 1780, m. Abiel Farrow, and is living, a wid., in So. Scit.

6. Michael, July 17, 1782, m. wid Huldah Bowker, lives in So.

Scit., and has Julia, d., and Edwin. 7. Eunice, Feb. 3, 1783,

m. Sam'l. Hatch, Scit., and d. Jan. 2, 1811.

15.

s. Dr. Joseph, 8, m. Lu-
sanna Randall, was a farm-
er and brickmaker, lived
in Scit., where his son,
Hon. E. F. Jacobs, now
resides, (having built that house,) and d. Dec. 8, 1779, ae. 43,
and his wid.,May 4, 1821, ae. 82. ch. : 1. Elisha, Aug. 12, 1760,

Jacobs. 327

m. in N. York, was Capt. of a corps of Artificers, in the Rev'n.,
and prob. d. at the South. 2. Saml., Mar. 4, 1762, a shipwright;
sett, in Me.; m. 1, Marg't. Stinson ; and 2, Marg't. McGlathery;
was many yrs. Rep. to the Mass. Leg.; Justice of the Peace and
Quorum; and d. Sep. 5, 1809, and his wid. in 1837, ae. 75; having
had, by 2d w., Samuel, stud, law, but sett, as a merchant, and d.
mini., in 1835, ae. 44 ; Frederic, m. Julia, da. Benj. Cushing,
Esq., had Benj. C, Robt. W., Eliza, Adaline, Frederic, and Delia,
and d. in 1834, ae. 39 ; Robert, d. unm., in 1829, ae. 81 ; Beta,
d. unm., in 1849, ae. 52 ; and Caroline, m. Dr. Joseph H. Esta-
brooks, in 1823, and had 19 ch., of whom 12 are living. 3.
Braddoc, May, 1764. 4. Benj., Sep. 29, 1766. 5. Lydia, Aug.
25, 1768, d. Sep. 24, 1785. 6. Bela, May 1, 1770, m. Polly
Eaton, lived in Me., and d., leaving no ch. 7. Polycarpus, May
29, 1772, m. 1, a Clapp; and 2, Rebecca Coffin, Nantucket; sett.
first in Me., as shipwright; and d. in Milton, Mass., in 1852;
having had, Mklintha, d.; Susanna, m. Lewis Tucker, Milton, and
is d. ; Elizab. G-., m. Rev. Gamal. C. Beman, "Winchendon,
Mass. ; Leah L., m. Henry Allen, of Me. ; Edwd. F., m. Lavina
Ficket, and is d. ; Almena, m. Nathl. Swift, Andover, Mass. ;
Rachel, m. Jno. Myers, Milton, Mass. ; and Benj. T., d. 8.
Edward F., Oct. 23, 1774. 9. Lusanna, Nov. 20, 1777,
Nathl. Tucker, and lives, in Dorch'r.

s. Dr. Jos. 8, m.

// Jan. b, 1780, who

d. Mar. 20, 1812 ; and 2, Charlotte Wade, Mar. 1, 1814; and d.
Sep. 22, 1822, and his wid., Mar. 1, 1852. Lived in H., whera
the present Alms House stands ; was a farmer, a man of good
natural abilities, a kind father, and an industrious citizen, ch. : 1.
Nathl., July 16, 1782. 2. Stephen, Mar. 6, 1786. 3. Wm.,
Oct. 6, 1788, a carpenter, d. at Canandaigua, N. Y., Au<r. 25,
1814.

17. Joseph, s. Dr. Joseph 8, m. Hannah Eells, Dec. 3, 1780,
was a schoolmaster, in H'm., for several years, and d. June 14,
1811, and his wid. Feb. 3, 1818. ch. : 1. Joseph, Nov. 6, 1781.

28 JACOBS.

2. Hannah, Mar. 11, 1783, m. Smith Downing, of Lynn, and d.
Aug. 7, 1837. 3. Ruth, Dec. 13, 1784, m. Job Damon, of H.,
and d. Sep., 1819. 4. Jas. H., Ap. 2, 1787, m. 1, Celenda
Stetson, Nov. 24, 1811, who d. 1812; and 2, Lusanna Stetson,
Nov. 26, 1812, and d. Mar. 4, 1825, and his wid. lives in South
Scit., with her da. Celenda, b. Nov. 3, 1813. 5. Elisha, Oct.
11, 1790, is prob. d. 6. Clarissa, Oct. 28, 1792, m. 1, Elijah
Downing; and 2, a Pool; and lives in Lynn. 7. George W.,Dec.

3, 1797, d. Mar. 14, 1799. 8. David, Ap. 5, 1799, m. Olive
Fly, of Me., lives in E. Ab'n., and has Clarissa, m. Gridley
Wheeler ; David, (m. Abigail Wheeler, lives in E. Ab'n., and has
Wilbur R.) ; Wm. F. ; Olive 3£ ; Jas. H. ; Danl. W. ; Mary A.,
d. ; Joseph, d. ; and Walter R. 9. Benj., Jan. 2, 1804, m. Har-
riet Doten, lives in So. Scit., and has G-eo. T. ; Philip C. ; Gus-
tavus ; Amasa, d. ; Harriet S. ; and Everett, d.

18. Jno., s. Peter 11, m. Lydia Beal, Ap. 10, 1761, was a
blacksmith by trade, lived in H'm., and d. Dec. 4,»1806, ae. 76,
respected by the communit}^, and lamented by his friends, ch. : 1.
Jno., Sep. 5, 1762. 2. Lydia, July 26, 1764', m. Ezek'l. Cushing,
and moved to Worthington. 3. Peter, Aug. 28, 1766. 4. Dan'l.,
July 18, 1768, m. Mary Jones, was a blacksmith, lived in S. H'm.,
and d. Ap. 15. 1806, having had Sarah, m. Piam Cushing, of H'm. ;
Mary, m. Leavitt Tower, of H'm. ; and Catherine, m. Philip R.
Bennett, and lives in Ills. 5. Hannah, Feb. 5, 1771, m. Isa. Tower,
H'm. 6. Debo., July 6. 1773, m. Crocker Wilder, of H'm., and
was mo. of Crocker and Alden, to whose Factory we have al-
luded on p. M: 7. Jotham, Ap. 27. 1775.

^ - s. David 11,

\^z^c 9 #4^C<&J?s^ee^^ Han- Her"

£^/ C^. sey,H'm., and

lived in H. , in the house which stood where stands that of Perez
Simmons, Esq., and there d. Aug. 2, and his wid. Aug. 28, 1799.
Had his life been spared, we donbt not that the son, like the fath-
er, would have been a prominent man in the town, as his abilities
were good, and his prospects nattering, ch.: 1. Hannah R., Oct. 13,
1782, living, unm. 2. Relief, Feb. 29, 1785, m. C. P. Sumner,

Jacobs. 329

Esq., of Bos'n., and is mo. of Hon. Charles Sumner, now in the
U. S. Senate. 3. David 0., July 19, 1787, m. Lydia Blake, of
Keene, N. H., is living in S. H'm., and had Henry H, d. ae. 2 ;
and Caroline. 4. Amanda, July 18, 1789, m. Capt. Galen
James, Medford. 5. Matilda, Feb. 16, 1792, d. Aug. 25, 1799.
6. Hiram, Ap. 22, 1795, d. unm., in Bos'n. 7. Maria, Sep. 10,
1797, d. ab. 1825, being drowned, at the Navy Yard, Chas'n.

z^- s. David 11, m. Relief Bow-

20. /^fr-frS </&t (Tn~ ker, Scit. ; lived in part of his

t/ father's house ; and d. Mar. 8 ,

1828, ae. 62, and his wid. May, 1845, both leaving a good name
for their children, as a valuable inheritance, ch. : 1. Desire, Sep.
25, 1788, m. Capt. Edward Curtis, and is living, a wid., in H.
2. Rebecca, Oct. 25, 1790, m. Jno. Bryant, of Chas'n. 3.
Debo. R., August 9, 1795, d. May 17, 1796. 4. Debo. R.,
March 14, 1798, m. Snell Wade, May 11, 1819. 5. Eunice,
December 12, 1799, m. 1, Joseph Mann, Dec. 5. 1822, and 2,
Martin Stoddard, and lives in Mf'd. 6. Perez R., Oct. 22, 1806,
m. Nancy Howe, Sep. 21, 1831, lives in Chas'n., is Dep. Sheriff,
and has George. Charles, Charlotte E., Edward (7., Caroline M.,
and Julia M. 7. Theodosius, m. Sophronia Whittemore, and both
are d ; no ch.

21. Capt. Josh., s. Capt. Josh. 13, m. Hannah Cushing, Maj
30, 1796, lived in So. Scit., where his son Piam now resides,
and d. May 3, 1840, and his w. Ap. 5, 1824, ae. 50. He was a
man of sobriety, industry, intelligence, and virtue, ch. : 1. Han-
nah W., Feb. 24, 1798. 2. Mary J., Jan. 3,. 1800, m. Benjamin
Hersey, H'm. 3. Josh., Nov. 19, 1801, m. Ruth A. Davis, Feb.
1843, lives in Boston, is a stairbuilder, and has Mary E. D. 4.
Theophilus, Dec. 15, 1803, d. Oct. 31, 1844, in Ohio. 5. Emma,
Feb. 23, 1806, m. David Cushing, H'm. 6. Bela T., March 18,
1808, resided for some years in Valparaiso, but now in So. Scit.;
a carpenter by trade ; not m. 7. William C, Nov. 15, 1810, m.
Louisa Dodge, is a stairbuilder, lives in Bos'n., and has Hannah
TT., Helen L., Clara D., and Martha, living. 8. Piam, Jan. 5,
1813. 9. David R., July 24, 1817, lives in Salisbury, Ohio, is
m., and has Emma </., and Hannah.

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330 JACOBS.

22. Loring, s. Capt. Josh. 13, m. 1, Mary Simmons, May 30,
1802, who d. Aug. 23, 1805 ; 2, Rachel Wilder, Oct. 17, 1808,
who d. Aug. 2T, 1810 ; and 3, Meriall Wilder, June 12, 1811 ;
and d. Dec. 6, 1846 ; his wid. survives. Mr. J. was a carpenter
by trade, but the latter part of his life resided in So. Scit., as a
farmer. An excellent citizen, and an honest and liberal minded
man. ch. : 1. Franklin, March ±1, 1803, fitted for Coll., but d.
Sept. 5, 1833. (By 2d,) 2. Mary S., Ap. 19, d. Aug. 6, 1810.
(By 3d,) 3. Loring, June 18, 1812, m. Mary E., da. Capt. Jno.
M. Nichols, Plym'h., May 81, 1840, lives in So. Scit., was for
some years a trader and shoe manufacturer ; and was Selectman
of So. Scit, from 1848-'ol ; no ch. 4. Andrew, July 29, 1813,
m. Sophronia Litchfield, Ap. 1844, lives in So. Scit., and has
Andrew F., and Lucy A. 5. Mary A., Nov. 15, 1815, m. Dex-
ter Bowker, Jan. 19, 1840, lives in Bos'n., and has ch. 6. Mar-
tha A., Sep. 28, 1817, unm. 7. Meriall, Oct. 18, 1822, m. Rev.
H. P. Stevens, Sept. 13, 1846, and has one son. 8. Washington,
Nov. 19, 1825, m. Harriet E. A. Keyes, lives in Bos'n., is a
stairbuilder, and has Josephine, d. young ; Washington I. ; and
Mia 31.

23. Ichabod R., s. Jas. 14, m. Clarissa Richmond, of Little
Compton, R.I., Oct. 16, 1805, who d'. November 7, 1840, ae. 62;
an amiable woman and an excellent mother. Mr. J. early learned
the shoemaker's trade, but most of his life has been devoted to
farming, and he has received a premium for the best cultivated
farm in Plymouth County. He was Selectman of Scit., in
1840-41 ; has been for ten years a J. P., and is a gentleman of
amiable manners and high moral worth, ch. : 1. Mary S., Sept. 24,
1806, m. Rev. Massena B., s. Rev. HoseaBallou, Dec. 21, 1825,
lives in Stoughton, and has three children living, Massena i£,(who
is m.) ; Clementina C. ; and Berthea B. 2. Richmond, Oct. 4.
1808, d. Sept. 6, 1838, in N. Oil's, merch't. 3. Sarah, Feb. 18,
1810, m. Rev. Jno., s. Jno. Boyden, lives in" Woonsocket, R. I.,
and has Jno. B. 4. Thos., July 8, 1812, m. Elizab. S. Ratley.
March 9, 1847, lives in Shreeveport, La., and has i?<?w/. B.y 1847.
5, Benj., Sept. 4, d. Oct. 21, 1814. 6. Benj., Sept. 17, 1815,

JACOBS. 331

m. 1, Lydia M. P., da. Rev. R. L. Killam, May 26, 1839, who d.
Sept. 7, 1846 ; and 2, Sarah J., da. Samuel Hatch, June 25, 1848*
lives in part of the ancestral homestead, and has Maria, Feb. 7,
1841, and Augustus, July 24, 1843. 7. Clarissa, Mar. 19, 1818.

8. Abby S., Ap. 10, 1821, m. Henry J. Curtis, Sept. 20, 1848.

9. Barton R., June 23, 1823.

24. Thos. M., s. Jas. 14, m. Hannah, wid. Joseph Pocorny, and
da. of Geo. W. Felton, of Petersham, Mass., March 22, 1815, and
d. Nov. 4, 1845. He was a carpenter by trade, but resided, the
latter part of his life, in So. Scit., opposite the Universalist Church,
was a farmer, and by honest industry commended himself to the
favorable notice of those who knew him best. ch. : 1. Eunice H.,
Jan. 5, 1816, d. Dec. 17, 1838. 2. James M., merchant tailor,
Bos'n., of the enterprising firm of Jacobs & Deane, Court st.; m.
Caroline E. Hendley, Sept. 9, 1849, who d. Mar. 28, 1852, ae. 28, *
leaving a da.. Frances A., b. Nov. 25, 1851. 3. David H., a
master mason and contractor, living in Bos'n. ; m. Elizab. Ayres,
Ap. 25, 1847, and has Jas. A., October 15, 1848, and Anna E.,
Jan. 14, 1852. 4. Aurelia F., June 22, 1823. 5. Thos. R.,
Nov. 24, 1825, clerk with his brother James.

25. Braddoc, s. Elisha 15, m. Sarah Hersey, H'm., in 1787,
lived first in Scit., where the wid. of Thos. M. Jacobs resides ; sett.
in Littleton ab." 1807, and there d., April 5, 1847. His wid. sur-
vives, ch. : 1. Sarah, June 9, 1788, m. Moses Foster, ab. 1812,
and d. Dec. 21, 1845, leaving SarrCl. U., Moses U., Mary A.,
Joseph V. , Francis E., arid Hannah A. 2. Ancil, Dec. 20, 1789,
d. Dec. 17, 1796. 3. Benj. II., Dec. 9, 1792, sett, in Lynn,
1810, m. Elizab. Downing, Oct. 4, 1818, and has Lydia 31., July
24, 1819 ; Benj.K% Sept. 27, 1821, d. young; Edwin S., Jan.
15, 1826 ; Sophia E., Oct. 15, 1826 ; Geo. H., Sept. 25, 1829;
and Joseph E., Sept. 23, 1832. 4. Lydia, Feb. 22, 1793, m.
Nathan Johnson, Sept. 10, 1850, and he d. March 9, 1851. 5^
Joann, May 28, 1797, m. 1, Oliver Locke, Lex'n., April 1, 1817J
and had Faustina M., d. 1850, and Joann S. Her 1st husb. d-
Oct, 15, 1825, and she m. 2, Wm. Smith, Lex'n., 1832, and has
Mary E. B. 6. Hannah, June 26, 1799, m. 1, Dan'L Harring-

332 jacobs.

ton, Lex'n., Dec. 1824, who. d. 1826; and 2, Luther Brooks^
Camb., June 1, 1830, who d. July 4, 1839, leaving her Luther F.,
Susanna J., Chas. E., and Everett W- 7. Susanna, Aug. 7,
1801, m. James Wellington, Medford, Nov. 19, 1820, and has
J as. E.,&. 1826 ; Angeline W. ; Jas. E. ; and Adria. 8. Mary
W., May 30, 1803, m. Isaac Wellington, Nov. 19, 1824, and has
Oliver L., Isaac B., Francena, Mary A., and Luther B. 9.
Geo. H., Oct. 5, 1805, of Chas'n., m. Persis A. Teel, 1829, has
been a successful merchant, and Alderman of C. ; has Geo. H ,
June 20, 1830; Persis A, October 20, 1831, d. Feb. 27, 1832;
AngeliaP.,T>ec.l, 1834; and Jas. W., May 12, 1839. 10.
Sophia, Oct. 9,1807, d. April 6, 1810. 11. Chas., April 27,
1810, of Medford, m. Octavia Burbank, Lex'n., Dec. 7, 1837,
and has Chas. S., Sept. 15, 1838 ; Octavia A., Jan. 23, 1840 ;
Elizah. B., Dec. 16, 1842 ; Henry B., April 1, 1845 ; Sarah H7
Jan. 8, d. June 20, 1848 ; and Ed. F, Dec. 15, 1850.

26. Benj., s. Elisha 15, sett, in Dorch'r., Mass., in 1783, and
m. 1, Sarah, da. Timo. Foster ; and 2, Jemimah, da. Edward
Foster ; was a carpenter by trade ; a man of successful enter-
prise, and honest industry ; leaving to his children, at his decease,
a valuable estate, and the legacy of a character, true in all the re-
lations of life. ch. : 1. William, a cabinet maker, m. Eliza, da,
Dea. Isaac Howe, Dorch'r., and has Wm. T., (m. Ann, da. Wm.
Holmes, and has Geo. H. ;) Sarah F. ; Benj., (in Cala.) ; Eliza
A.; Caroline H.; Henry; and Elisha. 2. Elisha, d. 3. Benj.T
merchant, of Bos'n ; resides on his father's estate, in Dorchester,
and is unmarried ; a gentleman of character and standing in
the community, well known to the business public. 4. Sarah, d.
(By 2d,) 5. Sarah A. 6. Mary D., d. 7. Timothy, d. 8.
Elisha, merchant, of Bos'n., m. Mary G., da. Nath'l. Coffin,
Newburyport, and has Benj. F.; Mary C; Gertrude T.; Sarah
A., d. ; Amelia G.; and Geo. C. S.

27. Hon. Ed. F., s. Elisha 15, m. Priscilla, da. Wm, Clapp,
Scit., Jan. 5, 1802, lives in So. Scit., was a shoemaker in early
life, and afterwards a trader, and a manf'r. of brick, at his yard
in S. A gentleman of great natural ability, who, even in high

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JACOBS. OOO

party times, enjoyed the confidence of his townsmen, being often
elected to offices of trust; acting for many years on the board of Select-
men; as ReA to the State Leg. ; and as a memb. of the Govr's.
Council in 1836, and'37. ch. : 1. Edward, brick manuf'r., lives
in So. Scit., m. Adaline, da. Perez Whiting, Ap. 16, 1826, and
has George E., Nov. 29, 1827, (a mason by trade, m. Esther
C. Litchfield, Nov. 28, 1850, and has Alfred, Dec. 6, 1851) ; and
Howard i?., a carpenter, b. June 14, 1833. 2. Lucy C, May
14, 1805, m. Perez Southard Whiting, and lives in N. Y'k. 3.
Elisha, Mar. 12, 1808, merchant, Bos'n., m. Delia T., da. Luke
Fay, Ap., 1842, and has Elisha A., Mar. 28, 1843 ; Delia M.,
Dec, 1844, d. Ap. 15, 1849 ; Ed. F., Dec, 1848 ; and Eveline
W., Dec 31, 1850. 4. Lydia S., Jan. 29, 1811, m. Rev. H.
W. Morse, June, 1840, lives in N. Reading, and has ch. 5.
Henry, Aug. 24, 1813, formerly an engraver, in N. Y'k., and
Eos'n. ; a gent, of fine natural abilities, and an excellent portrait
painter ; not m. 6. Frederick, Oct. 28, 1817, merchant, Bos'n. ;
m. Martha M. Fay, May 20, 1841, and has FrecTJc. F., Mar. 3,
1842 ; Walter &., Nov., 1847 ; and Alfred K, Oct., 1849. 7.
Mary P., Oct. 26, 1820, d. Sep. 14, 1821.

28. Dr. Nathl., s. Nathl. 16, grad. H. C, 1806, stud. med.
with Dr. Smith, of Hanover, N. H., sett, in Canandaigua, N. Y.,
where he taught an Acad, many years, and practised as a physi-
cian; m. Hannah Sanborn, and has 1. Chauncy O., d. ae. 2. 2.
Elizab., m. Wm. Remington, Buffalo, N. Y. 3. Nathl. S., m.
Freelove Watts, of Roch'r., N. Y., who d., leaving 2 ch., both of
whom are decs'd. 4. Wm., m., lives at Black Rock, N. Y., and
has Lucinda, and Amelia. 5. Caroline, m. Alex'r. Swartwout,
Canandaigua. 6. Lavinia, not m. 7. Charles. 8. Mary A.,
d. ae. 14. 9. Leavitfc, M., d. 10. Harriet P.

29. Stephen, s. Nath'l. 16, lives in H., on Wash'n. st., was
Selectman in 1825, m. Rachel H. Otis, Dec 31, 1812, is an in-
telligent and industrious farmer, and has 1. Lucy, May 17, 1814,
d. June 23, 1816. 2. Wm., Ap. 23, 1816, d. Oct. 18, 1822.
3. Lucy, Oct. 1, 1818, m. Sam'l. Waters, Aug. SO, 1840, lives
in So. Scit., and has Jacob L. ; Helen M. ; and Lucy L. 4.

834 jacobs.

Adaline M., Nov. 9, 1820, a school teacher, not m. 5. Wm.,
Mar. 7, 1825, of Randolph, wheelwright, m. Susan A. Loring,
H'm., Oct. 1849, and has Anna £., Sept. 28, 1851. 6. Stephen
0., May 13, 1827, a mason by trade. 7. Charles, May 5, 1829,
resides with his fa. 8. Albert, Oct. 18, 1831. 9. Franklin,
June 24, 1835.

30. Joseph, s. Joseph 17, m. 1, Anne Damon, and 2, her
sister Elizab., lived in So. Scit., where Col. Jno. Collamore now
resides, and had, 1. Ann, prob. d. 2. Joseph, Mar. 10, 1804,
manf r. of edge tools, at his steam factory, H'm., m. Esther C, da.
Jotham Jacobs, and has Joseph, Dec. 8, 1828, (m. Clarissa
Cushing, Oct, 27, 1850, and has Clara A., July 19, 1852); Esther
C., June 2, d. Oct. 3, 1831 ; Grace A., Dec. 22, 1833 ; Lucy
M., Dec. 29, 1838; Sarah C.y Jan. 9, 1845 ; and Fred'k. S.,
June 10, 1850.

31. Jno., s. Jno. 18, m. Tamar Cushing, Mar. 11, 1787, and
d. June 7, 1847. Lived in H'm., and had, 1. Tamar, Jan. 19,
1788, d. May 20, 1805. 2. Mary, May 5, 1790, d. Mar. 10,
1791. 3. Mary, Jan. 10, 1792, d. unm. 4. Lydia B., Dec. 26,
1794, d. unm. 5. Jno., July 27, 1797, m. Martha Fearing, Jan.
10, 1833, is a blacksmith, lives in S. H'm., and has Martha F.,
June 14, 1835, d. Jan., 1839 ; Tamar C, May 26, 1837 ;
Martha, Ap. 22, 1841 ; and Mary 6'., Feb. 17, 1845. 6. Piam,
Sept, 16, 1800, m. Clarissa Hathaway, Freetown, moved to Gale-
na, Ills., and has Mary ; Geo. W., d. ; and Cfeo. P. 7. Hannah,
Nov. 19, 1803, m. Marshall Sherman, and lives in H'm.

32. Peter, s. Jno., 18, m. Amy Fearing, lived in H'm., and d.
Oct. 13, 1810. ch. : 1. Amy, m. Fearing Burr, H'm., and is d.
2. Peter, m. a Hobart ? and is d. 3. David, m. a Corthell, lives
in H'm., and has ch. 4. Hawkes, of H'm. 5. Lincoln, of H'm.

33. Jotham, s. Jno. 18, m. Grace Tower, lived in H'm. ; was
a blacksmith by trade, and there both he and his w. d. ch. : 1.
Lucy, m. Silas Chipman, and is living a wid., in Vfey'h. 2.
Laban, of Hm., manf'r. of edge tools, m. Caroline, da. Perez Whit-
ing, Feb. 2, 1823, and has Mary C, Sep., 1824, m. Wm. H.
Lyon, of N. Y'k. State, and has ch. ; Wm. R., July, 1831 ;

JOSSELYN.

335

Alfred, Jan., 1833 ; and Adaline W., Jan. 4, 1838. Has lost 6
ch., d. young. 3. Joshua, d. young. 4. Debo., m. Peter Gush-
ing, Wey'h., and has ch. 5. Esther, m. Joseph Jacobs, H'm. 6.
Betsey, m. Robt. Gardner, H'm. 7. Cynthia, m. Theoph. dishing,
H'm. 8. Mary, m. Henry C. Wilder, H'm. 9. Joshua, m. 1,
Emily Higgins, and 2, Lydia D., da. Capt. Seth Hersey, lives in
H'm., and has Joshua.

Arms : Chequy, gu. and az. ; on a fes3e
of the first an annulet or.

Crest ; A bear's head and neck sa.,
muzzled or.

JOSSELYN, JOSLIN, JOCELYN, &c, an .old English fam-
ily, dating back several hundred years, and sett, in Cornwall,
Essex, Hertford, Kent, &c. The Earl of Roden, is of the Joce-
lyns ; and Sir Ralph Josceline, of Hertfordshire, "was Mayor of
London, in 1474 and 1476, being made Knight of the Bath, by
King Edward IV., in the former year. The coats of arms vary
in different families, and there is one extant in H., different from
that which we have presented above, and handed down by tradi-
tion. In America, Jno. Josselyn, gent., was in N. Eng. in 1638,
and was the author, among other works, of one called " New-
England's Rarities;" and Henry, his bro., (and son of Sir Thomas,
of Kent,) was at Black Point, now Scarborough, Me., in 1634,
being sent over, by Capt. Mason, to make " a more complete dis-
covery," and examination of the advantages of the grant made to
Capt. M. He was a memb. of the Gen. Court, at Saco, 1636 ;

1 See Burke's Gen. Armory.

336 JOSSELYN.

Councillor in 1639 ; Dep'y. Gov'r., 1645 ; a magistrate, and mem-
ber of the gov't, of the province of Ligonia, 1650 ; and a commis-
sioner and associate, under Massachusetts, 1658 ; and during the
long period, from 1635 to 1676, he was one of the most active and
influential men in the Pro v., and during all the changes of propri-
etorship, and gov't., he held the most important offices.' He m.
Marg't., wid. of Capt. Thos. Cammock, and it is said had one son,
Henry. Family tradition, and other authorities, assert that # this
son sett, in Scit., Mass., in 1668, m. Abigail Stockbridge, 1676,
and was the ancestor of the Josselyns of Plym'h. Co.2 ; but the.
correctness of this assertion, is somewhat doubtful.

According to the Mass. Hist. Coll., vol. 8, third series, " Thos.
Jestlin, a husbandman, ae. 43 ; Rebecca, his w., of the same age ;
and their ch., Rebecca, ae. 18 ; Dorothy, ae. 11 ; Nath'l., ae. 8 ;
Eliza, ae. 6 ; and Mary, ae. 1 ; with a maid-servant, Eliza Ward,
ae. 38, came to N. Eng., in the Increase, of London, Robert Lea,
master, in 1635" ; and' according to Lincoln's Hist. H'm., Thos.,
the fa., was in H'm. in 1637 ; and in 1654, he was in Lancaster,
(Worcester Mag. 2, 280,) where he d. in 1660-1, (Midds'x. Rec.)
his wid., Rebecca, being Exec'x. of his Est. She m. Wm. Kerley,
1664. Abraham, son of Thos., sen'r., was not with his fa., when
he came to N. Eng., in 1635, but seems to have arrived afterward.
He was in H'm., in 1647, but moved to Lanc'r. before 1663, and
d. bef. 1670; and his wid., Beatrice, m. Serg't. Benja.Boswor.th, of
Hull.3 The desc'ts, of Thos., the fa., and of Abraham, the son,
still reside in Lanc'r., and the adjacent towns. The Josselyns of
Scii, and H., are desc'ts from Abraham, through his son Henri/.

2. Henry, s. Abraham, and gr. s. Thos. of London, sett, in Scit.,
1669, was a blacksmith by trade, m. Abig., da. Chas. Stockbridge,
Nov. 4, 1676 ; his house stood in the field, 50 rods east of Judge
Wm. Cushing's farm-house, and he d. in H., Oct. 30, 1730, being

1 Williamson's Hist, of Me., vol. l,pp. 265, 278, 328, 392, 396, 439 & 682 ;
also, N. E. Gen. Reg., vol 2, pp. 205—7.

2 Deane's Hist. Scit., and the other works above quoted.

3 See the elaborate communication of T. M. Harris, in N. E. Gen, Reg.,
vol. 2, p. 306, et seq.

JOSSELYN. 337

called, on the Ch. Rec., " the oldest man in the town for years."
His wicL d. July 15, 1743. ch. : 1. Abig., Ap. 1677, m. Benja.
Hanmer, Dec. 15, 1715. 2. Abraham, Jan. 1678-9, left no ch.
on record. 3. Anna, Feb. 1680-1, d. Nov. 17, 1683. 4. Chas.,
Mar., 1682-3, left no desc'ts on rec. 5. Mary, Jan. 1684,
m. Benj. Munroe, of Swansey, Dec. 3, 1713. 6. Nath'l., Feb.
1686-7. 7. Rebecca, b. Mar., d. Ap., L689. 8. Jabez, Feb.
1690-1, m. Sarah Turner, Jan. 3, 1722, and d. July 14, 1734,
and his wid. Dec. 23, 1756, having had Jabez, 1723, (m. Mary
Lindsey, July 20, 1742, and had Sam'l. 1742 ; Jabez, 1744; Ke-
ziah, 1746, d. 1750 ; and Lindsey, 1749) ; Miab, Oct. 21, d.
Nov. 9, 1724 ; Sarah, Dec. 29, 1725, d. Oct, 30, 1739 ; Rebec- ,
ca, Jan. 14, d. Jan. 26, 1728. 9. Rebecca, May 1693, m. Jos.
Perry, Ap. 24, 1728. 10. Jemima, Dec. 1695, d. Feb. 14, 1696.
11. Kezia, Dec. 1695. 12. Henry, Mar., 1697. 13. Joseph,
Dec.,1699, m. 1, Ruth Bates, Dec, 19, 1726, who d. Jan. 6, 1742 ;
. and 2, Sylvester Barker, Pemb., Oct. 3, 1751 ; had no ch., and d.
Ap. 30, 1787, ae. 88 ; and his wid., Mar. 5. 1801, ae. 91. He
is called Capt. Joseph, on the H. Rec, and was a man of great
enterprise, and an early prop'r. of the old Bardin Forge. He
gave to the town the bell now hanging in the Centre Meet. Ho.
14. Thomas, Sep. 1702. /

3. Nath'l, s. Henry 2, m. Frances Yellings, Dec. 27, 1711,
who d. a wid. Aug. 26, 1755. She lived on what is now Spring st.
ch. : 1. Mary, bap. in Scit., Mar. 29, 1713, d. Mar. 31, 1715. 2.
Frances, bap. in Scit., May 29, 1715, m. Isaac Foster, Jan. 6. -
1732. 3. Abraham, b. in Boston, 1717. 4. Mary, July $9,
1719. 5. Nath'l, July 6, 1722.

4. Henry, s. Henry 2, m. Hannah Oldham, and lived and d. in
Pemb. ch. : 1. Hannah, Oct. 1, 1719, m. Henry Munroe, Swan-
sey, Nov. 16, 1738. 2. Lydia, Aug. 25, 1722. 3. Mary, m.
Shuble Munroe, Nov. 10, 1742. 4. Henry, June 11, 1727. 5.
Marg't., Dec. 9, 1729, m. Seth Ford, Jan. 7, 1747-8. 6. Joseph,
Jan. 2, 1731-2, d. young. 7. Joseph, June 22, 1734. 8. Chas.,
May 7, 1739. 9. Lucy, Oct. 5, 1741, m. Isaac Ford, Mf'd.>
Oct. 1, 1761. 10. Isaac, Nov. 4, 1743.

338 JOSSELYN.

* s. Henry 2, m. Ann Stock-

{f<HLri^> bridge, June 1,1732, was Dea.

y of the First Church in H., and

gave the silver Communion Cups alluded to on p. 60. With his
bro. Joseph, he was prop'r of the Bardin Forge ; was Selectman
in 1736, and from 1738-'44 ; and Rep. in 1738, '41, and '42.
ch. : 1. Thomas, Sep. 26, 1733, m. Patience Barker, Juns 10,
1761, and d. in Pemb., Jan. 20, 1818, ae. 86, having had Thos.,
Sep. 28, 1762, m. and d. in Me.; Patience H., Feb. 28, 1765 ;
Bethiah T., Jan. 10, 1767, m. Barnab. Perry, 1789 ; Joseph B.,
June 10, 1769 ; Samuel W., Ap. 3, 1772, (in. Elizab. J. Coxe}
May 20, 1798, and had Sam'l., IT 99, Elizab., 1801, Debo.B., 1804,
and Mehit., 1807) ; and Anna S., 1776. 2. John, May 4, 1735,

called Ensign John, on the Ch. Rec, m. Sage , and d. 1770,

and his wid. 1775, having had John R., 1764, m. Nabby Studley,
Nov. 1, 1785, moved to Warren, Mass., and there d. ; Sage, 1764,
m. a Cookey, and moved to W. ; Cynthia, 1766, m. 1, Oliver Bon-
ney, Nov. 29, 1787, and 2, a Cookey? ; and Eunice, 1769, m.
Joseph Kingman, Bridg'r, Dec. 16, 1791. 3. Ann, or Nancy,
Oct. 3, 1736, d. Ap. 21, 1801. 4. Stockbridge, Mar. 29, 1741.
5. Ruth, June 1743, m. a Lowden?, Plym'h. 6. Debo., bap.
July 12, 1752. 7. Philip, bap. Jan. 27, 1754, d. unm., in Pemb.
8. Isaiah, d. unm., Ap. 3, 1804. 9. Seth, m. Priscilla Standish,
Dec. 17, 1787, and moved to N. Salem, N. H.

6. Abraham, s. Nath'l. 3, m. Mary Soule, Dec. 16, 1741, and
lived and d. in Pemb. ch. : 1. Mary, Feb. 8, 1742, m. Wm.
Coxe. jr., Jan. 21, 1762. 2. Abraham, Jan. 14, 1744, m., lived
in Woodstock, Vt., and left ch. 3. Elizab., Dec. 21, 1746, m
Seth Coxe, Dec. 19, 1765. 4. Dorothy, Dec. 10, 1748, m. Reu-
ben Clark, Dec. 23, 1768. 5. Abig., Sept. 26, 1755, m. Eleazer
Ring, Worthington, Sep. 23, 1784. 6. Lydia, May 8, 1758.
7. Celia, July 25, 1760, m. Nathan Sprague, Mar. 31, 1785. 8.
Eleazer, Sep. 14, 1762. 9. Tamar, May 1, 1765, m. Jas. Bourne,
jr., Feb. 13, 1783. 10. Isaac, Aug. 15, 1768.

7. Nath'l, s. Nath'l 3, m. Sarah Low, and d. in H., May 2,

josselyn. 389

1790, ae. 68, and his wid. in Pemb., Aug. 18, 1802? ch.: 1.
Ambrose L., Mar. 13, 1752, prob. d. young. 2. Sarah, Aug. 28,.
1753, m. 1. Amos Perry, Sep. 7, 1777, and 2, Belcher Clark.
3. Nath'L, Aug. 24, 1755, moved to Freeport, Me. 4. Francis*
May 27, 1757. 5. Chloe, July 23, 1759, m., and moved to Me.
6. Joshua, Aug. 30, 1761, m. Sarah Chapman, had Judson, 1789,
Ambrose L., 1791, Ira L., 1791, and Abraham, 1793, and moved
to Me. 7. Christiana, Nov. 10, 1763, d. Jan. 31, 1764.^fcf

Christiana, bap. July 28, 1765. /^3^V^

71 (/& Ann Palmer, a
(_/ d. in Pemb., Mar.

1, 1818, ae. 91.
ch. : 1. Hannah, Jan. 2, 1755, m. Seth Perry, of P., and is yet
living, at the advanced age of 98 ! 2. Sylvester, Sep. 11, 1757,
m. Jos. Sherman, July 26, 1780, and d. Mar. 4, 1801, and he
moved to Me. 3. Nancy or Anne, Nov. 21, 1759, m. Pratt
Allen, Mar. 17, 1796. 4. Henry, Oct. 12, 1761. 5. Huldah,
Aug. 31, 1764, m. Jos. Dillingham, Feb. 29, 1793, and moved to
Me. 6. Abigail, July 21, 1769, d. Mar. 5, 1806. 7. Charlotte,
Feb. 17, 1772, m. Capt, Josh. Hall, Duxy., July 12, 1792, and
moved to Lunenburg. 8. Barzillai, Feb. 14, 1776, d. Dec. 24,
1792. 9. Harriet, Mar. 16, 1778, d. Aug. 23, 1796. 10. Jo-
anna, Sep. 28, 1780, m. Levi Lormg, Dux'y., Feb. 7, 1802.

9. Joseph, s. Henry 4, m. Mercy Waterman, of Hf'x., was an
anchor-smith by trade, and lived in Pemb., where he d. ae. ab. 90.
ch. : 1. Joseph, Mar. 12, 1757. 2. Waterman, Sep. 18, d. Dec.
14, 1758. 3. Jno., Mar. 30, 1761, m. Lucy Lowden,Nov. 25,
1784, and had Jno., 1785 ; Lucy, 1787 ; Mary W., 1791 ; Ed-
win, 1794 ; Pamela, 1796 ; and Eliza, 1798. 4. Priscilla, June
12, 1763, m. Freedom Chamberlin. 5. Jona., Ap. 8, 1767. 6.
Marg't., June 9, 1770, m. Matt. Sylvester, Jan. 29, 1791. 7.
Mercy, Jan. 19, 1774, m. Timo. Rose, June 9, 1795. 8. Free-
man, Aug. 25, 1778, m. 1, Debo. Turner, and 2, Dolly Pushee,
and moved to Lyme, N. H., where he has desc'ts. (See Turner
Geneal. p. 37.)

340 JOSSELYN.

10. Charles, s. Henry 4, m. Rebecca Keen, July 10, 1760, and
lived in Pemb., where he d. Nov. 21, 1812. ch. : 1. Mary, Ap.
19, 1761, m. Lein'l. Keen, and moved to Me. 2. Lucy, Ap. 4.
1763, m. Josi. Bonney, Mar. 27, 1794. 3. Lydja, Jan. 13, 1765.
m. Sam'l. Sells, July 7, 1783. 4. Charles," Jan. 9, 1767. 5.
Jabez, Nov. 4, 1768. 6. Rebecca, Dec. 6, 1770, m. 1, Beza
Ames, Bridg'r., Oct. 25, 1791, and 2, a Studley. 7. Elisha K.,
Sep. 28, 1772. 8. Jacob, Aug. 28, 1775. 9. Josiah, Aug. 21,
1778, m. Ruth Howard, and had Josiah, 1799, m. a Topliff, and
lives in Bridg'r., Vt. ; Ruth IL, 1801, d. 1802 ; Jairus, 1803,
m., and lives in Bridg'r., Vt. ; Leivis, Oct. 25, 1805, of Lynn,
Ed. of the Bay State Democrat, and for 2 yrs. Clerk of the Mass.
Ho. of Reps., is m., and has ch. ; and Robert, 1810.

11. Isaac, s. Henry 4, m. Lois Ramsdell, Sep. 12, 1772, was
engaged in the Forge, for many years ; finally moved to Me.,
and there d. ch. : 1. Isaac, Jan. 3, 1774, m. Christiana Josselyn,
Oct. 15, 1797, and d. Oct. 24, 1799, leaving 1 da., and 1 son,
the last of whom was drowned at N. Bed. 2. Almorin, July 16,
1775, m. Chloe Whiting, July 28, 1801, and has Eliza, 1814, d.
1817 ; Almorin, of Batavia, N. Y., is m., and has ch. ; Houghton
S., of Chelsea, Mass., is m., and has ch. ; and Caroline K., m.
Warren A. Alley, of Lynn. 3. Lois, 1776, d. 1778. 4. Ro-
land, May 3, 1778, m. Mary Church, lived in Me., and had ch.
5. Lois, Feb. 20, 1780, m. Jno. Wood worth, Nov. 26, 1801. 6.
Hervey, Jan. 25, 1782, in., lived in Me., and had ch. 7. Han-
nah, b. and d. 1783. 8. Alden, May 20, 1784, m. a Paige, lived
in Me., and had ch. 9. Ezra, Jan. 3, 1787, m., lived in Me., and
had ch. 10. Sylvester, June 6, 1789, m. Simeon Prescott, and
lived in Me. 11. Jno. D., June 4, 1791, m., lives in Me., and
has ch. 12. Martin, 1793, d. unm. in Me.

12. Stockbridge, s. Thos. 5, m. Olive Standish, Nov. 24, 1768,
who d. Sep. 10, 1803, and he May 10, 1817, ae. 76. ch. : 1.
Olive, Nov. 10, 1769. 2. Stockbridge, Feb. 23, 1772. 3. Abi-
gail, June 23, 1774, m., and went to R. I. 4. Lucy, Ap. 9,
1777, d. unm. 5. Ruth, Ap. 1, 1779, m. Capt. Dan 1. Hall,
Dux'y., Nov. 27, 1798. 6. Seth, Dec. 6, 1782. 7. Jas., Nov. 15,
1785. 8. Christopher, May 2, 1788. 9. Amasa, Feb. 24, 1791.

JOSSELYN. 341

13. Eleazer, s. Abraham, 6, m. 1, Bethia Bourne, Jan. 9,1783,
who d. Dec. 3, 1801 ; and 2, Alice W. Rowland, Mar. 5, 1807 ;
and lived and d. in Pemb. ch. : 1. Mary, Aug. 10, 1783, m. Jos.
Munroe, Hf x. 2. Lydia, Sep. 27, 1785, m. Jere. Stetson, H'n.,
Jan. 14, 1808. 3. Eleazer, Oct. 24, 1787. 4. Eph'm. A.,
Nov. 3, 1789. 5. Lyman, Nov. 9, 1791, m. 1, Betsey Delano;

2, wid. Bowditch ; and 3, Sarah Holmes ; lives in Dux'y. ; no
ch. 6. Nathan, Jan. 15, 1794, m. 1, a Lincoln; 2, a Lincoln;

3, a Lincoln; and 4, a Bronsden, and d. in Chas'n., leaving ch.

7. Bethia, Dec. 15, 1796, m. Wm. Estes, H'n., Sep. 10, 1815.

8. Priscilla, Mar. 10, 1789, m. Ezek'l. Turner. 9. Abraham,
Jan. 20, 1801. 10. Calvin, May 7, 1803. 11. Lucy, Ap. 27,
1805, m. Job Luther, H'n. 12. Dorothy, Mar. 16, 1806, m.
Benj. White, H'n. (By 2d,) 13. Debo. H., Dec. 12, 1807, m.
Elb. Leach, N. Bridg'r. 14. Luther, Mar. 6, 1809, m. Jane G.
Reed, E. Ab'n., in Jan., 1844, lives in H'n., and has Luther A.,
and Jane R. 15. Elisha H., Jan. 24, 1811, m. Hannah Sawin,
and lives in E. Bridg'r. 16. Julius, July 2, 1813, is m., and
lives in H'n. 17. Jairus, Aug. 24, 1815, is m., and lives in
Boston. 18. Issachar, Mar. 5, 1817, is m., and lives in Plymp'n.
19. Sophronia, m. Walter Heed, Ab'n. 20. Ezra, b. and d.
1819. 21. Ezra, d. (

14. Isaac, s. Abraham 6, m. 1, Priscilla Bourne, Sep. 29,
1788 ; and 2, wid. Mary Boylston, and lived and d. in Pemb.
ch. : 1. Abigail, Ap. 3, 1788, m. Reuben Shaw, S. Ab'n., Sep.
30, 1811. 2. Christiana, Feb. 12, 1790, m. Zebulon Clark, of
H. 3. Priscilla, Ap. 21, 1791, m. Isaac Harkwell. 4. Sophia,
Ap. 21, 1793, m. Josi. Cushing, Ab'n. 5. Isaac B., Jan. 17,
1797, moved to Albany, N. Y. (By 2d,) 6. Elenor, Ap. 25,
1799, m. Thos. H. Sampson, Pemb., Ap. 20, 1822. 7. Daniel,
May 18, 1800, m. Debo. Damon, June 26, 1827, lives in Pemb.,
and has Isaac, Nov. 11, 1S28 ; Dan% 1831, d. 1C34; Marcus,
1832, d. 1834 ; Debo. 31., June 14, 1835 ; Jos. W., June 28,'
1837; Betsey J, June 22, 1839; and Marcus 31., July 23,
1841. 8. Celia, Jan. 24, 1802, m. 1, Jno. White, and 2, Noah
Bonney. 9. Lois D., Dec. 15, 1803, m. Jas. H. Dwelley, Pemb.

342 JOSSELYN.

10. Emily, Aug. 29, 1805, m. Elij. Damon, H'n. 11. Elizab.
K., 1807, d. 1812. 12. Almira, July 11, 1809, m. Eben'r. B.
K. Gurney, H'n.

15. Francis, s. NatW. 7, m. Mary Hill, Feb. 17, 1782, and
lived in that part of Pemb. now H'n., where he d. ch. : 1. Thos.
H., b. and d. 1783. 2. Francis, Nov. 2, 1784. 3. Peter, Feb.
16, 1787. 4. Thos. H., 1789, d. 1792. 5. Jemima L., Oct. 4.
1791. 6. Mary, Feb. 24, 1794. 7. Sarah H., Jan. 25, 1798.
8. Alvah, Ap. 7, 1800. 9. Chloe, Oct. 7, 1802.

16. Henry, s. Henry 8, m. Lois Stetson, Ap. 15, 1793, and
lived in Pemb. ch. : 1. Almy, Nov. 20, 1793, m. Eben'r. Mann,
and moved to Me. 2. Wealthy, Dec. 25, 1795. 3. Charlotte,
Nov. 12, 1797, m. Gad Soper, H'n., May 13, 1823. 4. Mary
A., Aug. 13, 1799, m. Richard Bowker, H'n., Aug. 26, 1818.

5. Hannah, Mar. 14, 1801, m. Wm. Taylor, and d. in N. Bed.

6. Debo. S., Jan. 10, 1803, m. Josh. Stetson, Nov. 29, 1832. 7.
Joanna L., Dec. 20, 1804, m. Elisha Mitchell, H'n. 8. Abigail,
d. ae. 4. 9. Henry, May 1, 1807, m. Charlotte Stetson, June

11, 1833, lives in Pemb., and has Joanna X., Helen M., Henry
H., and Charlotte E.

17. Joseph, s. Joseph 9, m. Debo. Hatch, Aug. 23, 1784, lived
in E. Bridg'r., and had, 1. Hercules H., Sep. 3, 1784, lived in
Dan vers, Mass., m., and had ch. 2. Demarcus, or Marcus F.,
June 7, 1786. 3. Joseph, Ap. 2, 1788, m., went to sea, and is
prob. d. 4. Cyrus, July 6, 1790, m. Jane White, and moved to
Plainfield. 5. Earle, July 11, 1792. 6. Debo. H., Jan. 15,
1795, m. Marcus Howe, Boston. 7. Branch, Dec. 3, 1797, m.
wid. Lamson, and lives in Danvers. 8. Theron, Nov. 28, 1799,
d. 9. Freeman, Nov. 28, 1799, m. wid. Hannah Morton, and
lives in Me. 10. Eliza H., Sep. 22, 1802. 11. Jno. H., Sep.
22, 1805.

18. Jona., s. Joseph 9, m. 1, Sally Stetson, of Scit., and 2,
Jenny Chase, and lived and d. in Pemb. ch. : 1. Waterman,
Sep. 30, 1791, m. Melinda, da. Jona. Stetson, Scit., and d. leav-
ing 2 das., one of whom is d. (By 2d,) 2. Marg't., May 18,

JOSSELYN. S43

1794, m. Thos. Ellis, Mar. 28, 1814, and lives in E. Bridg'r. 3.
Sally, Sept. 1, 1796, m. Nathl. Ellis, Dec. 21, 1813, and lives in
Bridg'r. 4. Freeman M., Aug. 3, 1798, m. Priscilla L. Old-
ham, Dec. 11, 1820, lives in S. Boston, and has George, and
Freeman. 6. Wm., Feb. 15, 1801, m. Abigail, da. Chas. Bars-
tow, lives im Pemb., and has Wm. B., Clerk in Boston, m. Han-
nah Barker, of Tiverton, R. I. 7. Jane, Jan. 1, 1803, m. Dan'l.
Hall, jr., Dux'y., Nov. 20, 1823. 8. Eliza, Jan. 11. 1805, m.
Jason Magoun, Nov. 30, 1826. 9. Hervey, Nov. 5, 1806, mer-
chant, E. Bridg'r., m. Elizab. Tallman, and has Sarah C. ;
Elizab.; Mary E. ; Harriet* and Frank. 10. Jas. M., May
12, 1809, m. 1, Lucy Josselyn, and 2, wid. Abby Delano, lives
in Pemb., and has Warren U., Priscilla, Emma F., and Amelia
J. Two ch. d. young. 11. Dorothy M., May 12, 1809, m. 1,
Alex'r. Hillborn, Oct. 7, 1827, and 2, Tilden Crooker, Jan. 16,
1837.

/? y f S* ^ar^es 10, m. Lucy

19' ffl^~6^ /^^^Dwelley, Nov. 14,

S * ^ 1790, lived in H'n.,

and was for some years engaged in the Iron Business, at Sylves-
ter's Forge, and on King st., and also in the Factory, in H'n. His
w. d. in 1829, and he Nov. 2, 1846. ch. : 1. Lydia, Sep. 5,
1791, m. Benj. Mann, Esq., Mar. 10, 1810, and is d. 2. Oren,
July 6, 1793. 3. Lucy D., Aug. 5, 1796, m. Hira Bates, Feb.
24, 1825. 4. Ozen, Mar. 29, 1798. 5. Mary, Aug. 21, 1800.
6. Chas., 1802, d. 1830. 7. Aaron, May 4, 1804, m. Amy, da.
Spencer Binney, is a clergyman, of the Meth. denom., in Dux'y.,
and Rep. to the Mass. Leg. for the year 1853. ch. : Joseph M.,
Ed. S.y Albert S., Charles 6r., Martin B., and Ann B. Lost
one. 8. Angeline, Feb. 26, 1806. 9. Marcia, July 8, 1808,
m. Alvin Howland, Nov. 2, 1838. 10. Edwin, June 23, 1810,
m. Nyreh Chandler, and lives in Chelmsford. 11. Julia A.,
Aug. 25, 1812, m. Dyer Robinson, Esq., S. Bridg'r. 12. Cyrus,
Oct. 2, 1814, m. Elizab. B. Bates, Oct. 24, 1833, lives on King
st., and has Cyrus B., July 17, 1834 ; Lewis, Aug. 15, 1842 ;
and Angeline E., June 4, 1848. Lost 2, d. young. 13. Alonzo,

344 JOSSELYN.

Jan. 23, 1818, m. Caroline A. Morse, Rox'y., lives in Boston, is
an Iron Founder, and has Charles J)., 1848, and Lucy 31., d.
1851, ae. 1.

20. Jabez, s. Charles 10, m. Huldah Mann, Dec. 27, 1795,
and had ch. : 1. Betsey, July 22, 1796, m. Calvin Barstow,
Matt't., Aug. 7, 1814. 2. David, Nov. 25, 1798, m. Mary
Bates, Dec. 15, 1822, lives in Pemb., and has David A., Dec,
1823, m. Sophronia Keen, and lives in P. ; Benj. W., 1826, m.
Lucy A. Brewster, and has Herbert A. ; Horatio, 1828 ; Caleb,
1831 ; Albert, 1833 ; and Jabez A., 1838. 3. Morrill, Dec. 4,
1801, ni. Mary A. Mcintosh, and Hved and d. in Boston, leaving
ch. : Mary A., and Sarah B. 4. Jabez, Mar. 25, 1804, m.
Eliza White, Feb. 6, 1827, and had 1 da., Arabella W., m. La-
ban Rose, jr., of H. 5. Rebecca, Sep. 13, 1806, ra. 1, Joseph
Estes, of Me., and 2, Otis Perry, of H'n. 6. Isaiah, Feb. 17,
1809, m. Serena Bray, lives in S. Boston, is a Brass Founder,
and has Isaiah B., 1830 ; George, 1832 ; Edwin, 1834 ; Mary
A., d. ; Amelia A., 1839 ; and Charles, 1844. 7. Huldah, d.
young. 8. Huldah, June 16, 1814. 9. Daniel, m. Lydia Wad-
leigh, lives in Me., and has Edwin, and Herbert. 10. Otis P.,
May, 1823, m. Abigail P. Delano, lives in Pemb., and has Laura
O., Dec, 1847. 11. Joshua, in. Mary Boylston, had 1 ch., who
d. ; his w. d. ; and he went off in 1851, and has not been heard
from since.

21. Elisha K., s. Chas. 10, m. Lydia Dwelley, Mar. 12, 1797,
and is yet living in P. ch. ; 1. Emily, Feb. 4, 1798, m. Isaac
O. Stetson, May 5, 1821. 2. Caroline, Mar. 30, 1804, m. Seth
Jones, of P. 3. George, May 8, 1803, m. Alice Walker, lives in
Brookfield, Mass., and has ch. 4. Albert, 1805, d. ae. 24. 5.
Lydia S., Mar. 6, 1808. 6. Elisha, Sep. 21, 1810, m. Abby
Standish, Ap. 12, 1835, and has ch. 7. Almira, Feb. 13, 1814,
m. 1, Thos. Baker, and 2, Jno. Mann, and lives in E. Bridg'r.

22. Jacob, s. Chas. 10, m. Abigail Ryder, of Plym'h., and lives
in New Hampshire, ch. : 1. Wm., Aug. 19, 1796, sometime Capt.
of the Han. R. Co., m. Ruth Rose, Oct. 8, 1820, and lived in H.
on King st., where he d. in 1852, leaving ch. : Abig. W., June

JOSSELYN. 345

30, 1821, m. Ambrose Josselyn, and d. 1843 ; Wm. E., Sep. 22,
1823, m. Lucy S. Littlefield, and lives in H'n. ; Eugene 3L, Sep.
2, 1826 ; Mercy IF., Dec. 31, 1831 ; Priscilla, July 10, 1834 ;
md Helen M., May 29, 1841. 2. Harriet, Feb. 13, 1798, m.
Eli Stetson, of H'n., and is d. 3. Benj., May 10, 1802. 4.
Elbridge, May 15, 1802, m. a Keith, lives in Lawrence, is sup't.
of a foundry, and has ch. 5. Elijah, Ap. 2, 1804, m. Ednor
Pike, and lives in S. Bos'n. 6. Leavitt II., Oct. 1, 1807, m.
Hannah E. Hildreth, and lives in Chelmsford. 7. Algernon, Dec.
22, 1809, m. Mercy White, and lives in Lowell. 8. Edward,
Aug. 20, 1812. 9. Maria E., Ap. 17, 1815, m. Caleb White,
H'n. 10. Elizab. C, Mar. 14, 1818, m. Hezek. Reed, Ab'n.

23. Stockbridge, s. Stockbridge 12, m. Sarah Bell, Bos'n.,
Sep. 27, 1795, was for a time a merchant in B., and d. in Ab'n.
ch. . 1. Henry E. G., Nov. 29, 1796. 2. Ralph A. S., Oct. 2,
1798, d. July 9, 1822. 3. Charlotte M. A., Feb. 4, 1801, d.
Sep. 20, 1811. 4. Chas. O. W., Aug. 2, 1803. 5. Danl. S. S.,
May 27, 1805, m. a Hall, of Dux'y., and d. in N. Or's. 6. Fran-
ces S. S., Sep. 9, 1807. 7. Naomi O. R., Nov. 17, 1810, m.
Silas Lane, E. Ab'n. 8. Austin M. C, Sep. 20, 1812, m. Elizab.
J. Ware, Bos'n., 1841, and is proprietor of a Restorator in B.
Noah. 9. Sarah C. A., Ap. 9, 1815, m. a Denton. 10. Mary
A. B., b. and d. 1816.

24. Eleazer, s. Eleazer 13, m. Hannah Studley, Jan. 1, 1809,
and lives in H., on Pleasant st. ch. : 1. Mary J., May 6, 1809,
m. Ludov. Pool,E. Ab'n. 2. Stephen, Dec. 28, 1811, merchant
and shoe manf'r., atthe Four Corners ; m. Eliza Studley, Nov. 16,
1834, and has Eliza An June 30, 1838, and G-eo. $., June 17,
1842. 3. Robert, Oct. 30, 1814, not m. 4. Hannah S., Aug.,
1817 ? m. Jno. H. Benner, Jan. 1, 1835. 5. Eleazer, Feb. 14,
1823.

25. Abraham, s. 'Eleazer 13, m. Polly Cushing, Oct. 5, 1820,
lives on Cross st., and is an anchor-smith by trade, ch. : 1. Wm.
C, June 27, 1821, merchant tailor, late of Bos'n., m. 1, Thurza B.
Shaw, and 2, Mary McDuffee, and has Anna F.,h. and d. 1845 ;
and Wm. A., Jan. 20, 1848. 2. Abraham A., May 18, 1823, d.
Dec. 29, 1832. 3. Mary C, June 25, 1825, m. Geo. S. Newhall,

22

346 JOSSELYN.

Dec. 21, 1843, and lives in E. Bridg'r. 4. Michal B., Oct. 9,
1827, m. Nathl. Pratt, and d. in Aug., 1848. 5. Bela C, Jan.
23, 1830, in Springf'd., Mass. 6. Sarah J., Sep. 15, 1833. 7.
Henry C, Ap. 3, 1836. 8. Is'l. N., Jan. 31, 1839. 9. Geo.
H., May 23, 1841. 10. Louisa C, May 23, 1844.

26. Francis, s. Francis 15, m. Debo. House, Jan. 15, 1810, and
lived and d. in H'n., leaving ch. : 1. Hannah H., Ap. 12, 1810.
2. Mary, Ap. 29, 1811. 3. Ambrose, Dec. 17, 1812, m. Abig.
W., da. Capt. Wm. Josselyn, and d. in H'n., leaving ch. 4. Iraw
May 16, 1814, rn. Sarah, da. Gad Bailey, lives on King st., and
has Sarah L., Dec. 4, 1842 ; Anne A., July 18, 1845, d. Sep.
1849; and Francis H., Aug. 14, 1851. 5. Thacher, May 18,
1816, d. Sep. 23, 1818.

27. Demarcus, or Marcus F., s. Joseph 17, m. Eunice Saw-
tell, and had ch. : 1. Marcus F. 2. Debo. EL, m. Phineas
Howard, of Canton. 3. Eunice S., m. Elijah Howard, of C.
4. Marcy W., m. Jas. M. Cook, Eng'r. Taunt. & N. Bed.

R. R. 5. Harriet N., m. Francis Farnsworth, and is in
N. Y'k. 6. Eliza F., m. C. C. Williams, of Taunton, and d. in
1851. 7. Abigail, d. young. 8. Joseph H., May 13, 1820, stud,
med. in the Pa. Univ., lives in Bos'n., m. Jane, da. David King-
man, Bridg'r., and has no ch. 9. Priscilla C, m. Francis A.
Massey, Bos'n. 10. Lydia J., m. Chas. Howe, S. Ab'n., and has
Okas. W., Emma L., Edwy Z., d., and Joel J. 11. Emily A.,
m. Jacob C. Young, of Bangor, and is in Cal'a. 12. Lucy F.,
not m. 13. Lucretia, m. Geo. H. Osborn, of S. Ab'n.., and has
Amy C. 14. Joel S., in Cal'a. 15. Benj. F.

28. Earl, s. Joseph 17, m. 1, Anne Brewster, and had 3 ch.,
all of whom d. He then m. 2, Sarah Hudson, of Bridg'r., and d.
in Bangor, Me., Ap. 7, 1836, and his wid. m. Geo. W. Smith, of
Bridg'r. ch. . 1. Earl P., May 16, 1822. 2. Asa H., Feb. 6,
1824, m. Harriet Hamilton, and lives in E. Bos'n. 3. Anna B.,
Oct. 6, 1825, m. Chas. Dyer, and lives in E. Wey'h. 4. Sarah
J., Sep. 30, 1827, m. Galen Osborn, E. Bridg'r. 5. Caleb H.,
July 25, 1829, m. Harriet E. Fales, of FoxV, and lives in W.
Bridg'r. 6. Olive M., Oct., 1835, m. Thos. Lee, and d. July
15, 1851.

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29. Oren, s. Chas. 19, m. Mary C. Mann, Feb. 14, 1816,
lives on King st., and has been for many years connected with the
foundry, in that part of II. He was Rep. from 1842-44 ; T. Clk.
in 1839, and '41 ; and from '43-'45 ; and Selectman in 1832, '33,
'39, and from 1850-'53. ch. : 1. Oren C, Mar. 10, 1817, d.
Ap. 6, 1819. 2. Mary C, Feb. 6, 1820. 3. Eli C, Mar. 13,
1822, m. 1, Hannah F. Robbing, Ap. 27, 1845, who d. July 14,
1846 ; and 2, Elener T. Ford, May 8, 1848 ; lives on School st.,
and has Eli E., May, 1846, and Florus, Sep. 14, 1849. 4.
Charles, Oct. 17, 1826, m. RachaelF. Winslow, May 16, 1850,
lives on King st., and has Clara, Aug. 9, 1851. 5. Jane R.,
Jime-6, 1829, d. Jan. 2, 1830. 6. Geo. R., June 7, 1834.

30. Ozen, s. Chas. 19, m. Lucy, da. Elijah Barstow, who d.
Nov. 26, 1842. Mr. J. lived for a time at the Four Corners,
and kept the tavern there, but has lately been connected with the
Custom House in Boston, as an Inspector, ch. : 1. Lucy B., Oct.
4, 1824, m. Caleb Packard, N. Bridg'r. 2. Ann E., May 2,
1826, m. Rob't. Barstow, Dec. 24, 1846. 3. Amelia W., Nov.
4, 1827, m. Henry A. Hall, Bos'n., Ap. 29, 1849. 4. Almira
M., Jan. 24, 1829. 5. James O., Feb. 20, 1831, now living in,
H. 6. Maria C, June 14, 1834. 7. Mary, Dec. 1, 1836. 8.
Melissa, June 22, 1839. 9. Helen, Nov. 1, 1841. 10. Robert,
Oct. 9, 1842. 11. Saml., Oct. 9, 1842, d. Sep. 29, '44.

31. Henry E. G., s. Stockbridge 23, m. Minerva Gardner,
lives in E. Ab'n., is a shoemaker, and has, 1. Henry W., m. Lydia
A. Pool, lives in E. Ab'n., and has Ann W., and Miranda J. 2.
Charles S., m. Avis Ashley, and lives in E. Ab'n. No ch.. 3.
Harriet N., m. Jason Loud, of E. Ab'n., and has Rosalina. 4.
Ann, d. ae. 15. Two other ch. d. young.

32. Marcus F., s. Marcus F. 27, m. Eliza Reed, and d. in
Dec. 1846, having had, 1. Marcus F., Ap. 1828, m. Lucy Gurney,
lives in S. Ab'n., and has Walter 17., July 28, 1850. 2. Wm.
W., Feb., 1831, m. Amanda Fullerton, of Bridg'r., and has Alice
A., 1850, and Ida IT., 1852. 3. Eliza J. 4. Jas. W., d. 5.
Jas. E. 6. Waldo E.

348

KILLAM — LINDSEY.

RESIDENCE OF REV. ROBERT L. KILLAM.

KILLAM, Rev. Robert L., b. June 29, 1790, s. of Asa, of
Ipswich, and gr. s. of Isaac, (who descended from Austen Killam
who was in Ipswich in 1637,) m. Phebe, da. Win. Rice, of Marlb.,
Dec. 5, 1819 ; sett, in the ministry first in Marlbo'., from 1819-
'21; then in Att'o., from 1821-'29 ; and since that period, has
resided in H., on "Wash'n. si, in the " Landlord Jacobs house," a
view of which is annexed. He was pastor of the Univ. Soc. in
Scit., from 1829-'37 ; has been one of the School Com'e. of H. ;
as a writer, has a logical mind, and a happy wit ; and as a citizen,
is universally esteemed, wherever he is known, ch. : 1. Lydia M.
P., Oct. 27, 1820, m. Benj. Jacobs, May 26, 1839, and d. Sep.
7, 1846, leaving 2 ch. 2. Robert W., Mar. 22, 1823, m. Sophia
B., da. Capt. Rufus Farrow, of Scit., May 7, 1848, and has
Lydia P., Jan. 13, 1849. 3. Charles H., Dec. 22, 1832.

LINDSEY, James, s. James of Pemb., m. Lovisa, da. Leonard
Hill, June 26, 1808, who d. in May, 1842. He is yet living,
ch. : 1. Mary, July 8, 1809, m. Geo. Beals, H'n. 2. Martin,
June 19, 1811, m. Olive, da. Adam Perry, and d. July 21, 1843,
leaving one son, Martin A., Ap. 4, 1833. 3. Betsey B., Mar.
14, 1815, m. Wm. H. Joice, Sep. 19, 1839. 4. Philander, Aug.

LITCHFIELD LITTLE — MAGOUN. 349

29, 1817, m. Mary Foster, lives in Wey'h., and has ch. 5.
Lovisa, July 14, 1819, m. Col. Jesse Reed, of Mf'd., for a sketch
of whose life, see pp. 141-47. 6. James, Jan. 20, 1824, m.
Jane A. Joice, and d. in Nov., 1843, leaving no ch.

LITCHFIELD, Lawrence, was of Barnstable, 1643, and bore
arms. His son Josiah, b. 1647, m. Sarah, da. Rev. Nicholas
Baker, and was the ancestor of Rev. Paul Litchfield,' of Carlisle,
Mass., and of Rev. Joseph, of. York, Me., of whom we have spoken
on p. 67. Frank Litchfield, of Scit, was also a desc't. of Law-
rence, of Barnstable, and he was fa. of Lewis, of Hanover.

2. Lewis, s. Frank, of Scit.,m. 1, Lucy Studley ; 2, wid. Susan
Wall ; and 3, wid. Betsey Stetson formerly a Barstow ; is a
painter by trade ; and has, 1. Marg't. L., June 22, 1808, m.
Charles Winslow, 1827, sometime Selectman of H. 2. Lewis,
Sep. 23, 1811, m. Lucy L. Rogers, of Mf'd., Jan. 4, 1836, lives
on Circuit st., is a shoemaker, and has Lucy S., Sep. 26, 1837 ;
Delana, Aug. 27, 1839 ; Laura E., b. and d. 1841 ; Emily,
Dec. 21, 1842; and Lewis E., May 6, 1847. 3. Luther, Feb.
27, 1829.

LITTLE, John, s. Constant, of Mf d., m. Abigail, da. Samuel
Stetson, in Aug., 1835, who d. June 5, 1850, and he is living on
Centre st. ; a shoemaker by trade, ch. : 1. Mary F., b. 1837,
d. 1838. 2. Abigail E., Aug. 13, 1839. 3. Jno. S., Jan. 24?
1843. 4. Zilpha A., b. and d. 1847.

2. Peabody, bro. of Jno., and s. Constant, of MPd., m. Olive,
da. Benj. Stetson, in Dec, 1842, lives on Broadway, is a shoe-
maker, and has 1. Edward E., Sep. 25, 1843. 2. Augusta M.,
Nov. 17, 1845. fr.

MAGOUN, Abner, of Pemb., is prob. a desc't of Jno. Magoun,
or dfcGoun, who lived in the " Two Mile," now a part of Mf'd.,
in 1666, and who owned land in H. near Hugh's Cross. Abner
m. Mary Bates, Dec. 16, 1796, and d. July 16, 1846, ae. 78,
and his wid. Nov. 28, 1847, ae. 78. ch. : 1. Catherine, m. Jas.
Bonney, of Pemb. 2. Abner, m. Mary H. Ellis, Ap. 1 1825,

350 MAN1ST.

lives on Circuit st., is a slioemaker, and a man of respectable
standing ; — has Horatio 2>., Nov. 20, 1826, m. Catherine B. Bon-
ney, May, 1850, and lives near his fa. ; Mary H., Mar. 12, 1834 ;
Abner B., Feb. 17, 1836 ; and Jane 67., Dec. 30, 1839. 3.
Mary S., m. Benoni Gurney, and is d. 4. Jason, m. Eliza
Josselyn, and d., and his wid. and ch. are in 8. Boston.

MANN, Richard, a " planter," was a youth in Elder Brews-
ter's family, came to Plym'h. in the May-Flower, in 1620, was
one on the Conihas. partners, in Scit., in 1646, and his farm was
at the place known as " Mann hill." He died ab. 1655, and his
wid. Rebecca, m. John Cowen, 1656. Of his ch., Thos., b. Aug.
15, 1650, was fa. of Benj., b. Feb. 19, 1697, who sett, in II.
This is an old name in Eng'd., numerously represented there, the
Earl of Cornwallis, being of the family, and Sir Horatio Mann,
of Linton, Kent. There are other families in the U. S., besides
the desc'ts. of Richard, who are sett, in Norfolk Co., and who are
quite numerous in Randolph, and its vicinity. Samuel, was in
Dedham, 1678 ; and Theodore, was in Wrcntham, in 1700. The
Manns of H. are desc'ts. of Richard, the planter.

2. Benj., s. Thos., and gr. s. Richard, m. Martha Curtis, Feb.

4, 1724, who d. Jan. 26, 1769, and he Mar. 2, 1770. He lived
on Main st., it is said, in the ancient mansion, now occupied by
Mr. Hanson, not far from the Bap. M. Ho., and was Selectman
in 1745. ch'. : 1. Martha, Jan. 6, 1725, m. William Curtis. 2.
Benj., Aug. 4, 1727. 3. Rebecca, Aug. 13, 1729, m. Abner
Curtis ? 4. Sarah, Feb. 8, 1730, m. Robt. Gardner, H'm., June

5, 1760. 5. Ruth, May 12, 1735, m. Lem'l. Curtis, Jan. 16,
1752. 6. Mary, Aug. 13, 1737, m. Elij. Mann. Three ch. d.
young.

/^ % a» s. Benj. 2, m. 1, Abigail Gill,

3 /?<lS*W/*' Q '/LOfWl Nov. 23, 1749 ; 2, the wid.
/ of Charles Bailey, who d. in

/ 1800 ; and 3, "the wid. of

Abner Curtis, and d. Jan. 27, 1816, ae. 89. He was Selectman
in 1763 and '64, and erected the old grist mill, which formerly
stood near the bridge, on North st. ch. : 1. Abigail, Sep. 9,

MANN. 351

1751, m. Asa Turner, June 30, 1771, and d. in Me. 2. Benj ,
Mar. 3, 1753. 3. Olive, Ap. 18, 1754, m. Thos. Stetson, June
18, 1772. 4. Ezra, Dec. 11, 1755, d. in the Rev'n., Nov. 26,
1775. .5. Levi, Sep. 7, 1757. 6. Josh., July 14, 1759. 7.
Bela, July 18, 1761, m. Ann Bryant, Scit., and moved to Lun-
enburg. 8. Sarah, Jan. 17, 1763, m. Jos. Neal, Cohas't., Dec.
6, 1791. 9. Susa G., Oct. 24, 1764, m. Caleb Whiting, Ap. 23,
1785. 10. Charles, Nov. 27, 1766, m. Abigail Gill, and d. in
1825, leaving Abigail, who m. Ithamar Whiting, of Ab'n., and
Merrill, who m. Loring Curtis, of IL, and others. 11. Perez,
Nov. 7, 1768, m. Abigail Johnson, had ch., and d. in Beverly,
Mass. 12. Sage, b. 1773, d. 1791. 13. Caleb, Sep. 13, 1775,
m. Betsey Pratt, and d. Feb. 23, 1840, leaving a da. Betsey, who
m. David Mann, of H.

4. Benj., s. Benj. 3, m. Hannah , and d. in H., Dec. 12,

1820, and his wid. May 21, 1827. ch. : 1. Hannah, m. 1, Thos.
Whiting, and 2, Elisha Faxon. 2. Ruth, 1778 ? m. Isaac Wil-
der, Aug. 8, 1802. 3. Sarah, m. Jno. Curtis, Nov. 1, 1798.

5. Levi, s. Benj. 3, m. 1, wid. Anne Cooley, and 2, Patience
Donnell, and d. Jan. 12, 1818, and his wid. Mar. 8, 1846. ch. :
1. Ezra, Ap. 21, 1780, m. Nabby Glover, of Beverly, and had
ch. 2. Levi, Jan. 6, 1782, m. Marg't. Ames, of Boston, and had
ch. 3. Alexander, Feb. 9, 1785, d. in S. Caro., ae'. 28. 4.
Jairus, Oct. 7, 1787, m. Desire Whiting, and lived in Chas'n.

5. Patience, May 1, 1791, m. 1, Eben'r. Arnold, 2, Joseph Cole,
and 3, Job Pratt. 6. Anne K., Dec. 2, 1792, m. Henry Stod-
dard, of H. 7. John, Jan. 25, 1795. 8. Joseph, Oct. 12, 1797,
m. Eunice Jacobs, and d. Dec. 2, 1835, and his wid. m. Martin
Stoddard, of Mf d. His ch. were Jairus, m. Emeline Runey,
lives in Somerville, and has 3 ch. ; and Eunice, m. William H.
Smith, Chas'n. 7. Sarah, June 12, 1779, m. Wm. Henderson,
Mar. 11, 1821. 10. Amy, Ap. 20, 1803, m. Dea. Jno. Brooks,
Dec. 4, 1823.

c^S/y // (Capt' Joslma>) s* BenJ- 8'

6. y^^wi, ^£^z^m. Mary Cushing, of H'tn.,

/T " Jan. 30, 1783, and d. Oct.

20, 1827, and his wid. July
1, 1849. He was Capt. of one of the Mil'y. (Vs. of the town,

Q

52 MANX.

and Selectman from 1799 to 1802. Lived on Whiting st., where
Albert Pool now resides, ch. : 1. Josh., 1784, d. 1792. 2.
Molly, 1785, d. 1792. 3. Benj., 1788. 4. Mary C, 1794, m.
Oren Josselyn, Feb. 14, 1816. 5. Josh., July 4, 1796. 6.
David, Sep, 7, 1798.

7. John, s. Levi 5, m. Harriet Turner, his w. d., and he now
lives in E. xlb'n. ch. : 1. Jno., Dec. 28, 1819, m. Sarah Chan-
dler, lives in E. Ab'n., and has ch. 2. Josiah, Mar. 13, 1822.
3. Andrew, m. Abby 0, Torrence, lives in E. Ab'n., and had 1
ch., which d. 4. Gustavus, Ap. 9, 1828, m. Elmira Vining, and
lives in E. Ab'n. 5. Lucy T., 1829, m. Geo. Dunham, Oct. 16,
1850. 6. Harriet, m. Warren Lane, E. Ab'n. 7. Lydia, m.
Lorenzo Foster, E. Ab'n. 8. Sarah. 9. Betsey.

8. Benj., Esq., s. Josh. 6, m. 1, Lydia Josselyn, and 2, Lydia
C. Waterman, lives on Whiting st., was J. P. for many years, and
a trader and farmer, ch. : 1. Benj. L., Ap. 19, 1812, d. in N.
Orleans. 2. Albert G., 1813, d. 1817. 3. Lydia J., Feb. 25,
1815, m. Jno. Pool, jr., 1833, and d. 1852. 4. Almira, 1817,
d. 1818. 5. Chas. F., ;rep. 5,1818. 6. Almira C, Jan. 11,
1820, m. Lysander Nash. 7. Henrietta M., 1822, d. 1838. 8.
Newton, 1825, d. 1850. 9. Lucy A., Nov. 29, 1828. (By 2d,)
10. Marcus M., Nov. 22, 1840. 11. Albert G., July 17, 1843.
12. An inf., b. and d. 1846. 13. Everett N., June 24, 1847.
14. Abby J., May 13, 1851.

9. Maj. Josh., s. Josh. 6, m. Bethia Curtis, July 12, 1829,
lives on Centre st., is a farmer, of respectable standing, and has,
1. Josh. W., Mar. 19, 1830, at the West. 2. Nancy J., Oct. 2,
1832, m. Martin T. Stetson, Oct. 6, 1850. 3. Rodney, Mar. 9,
1835. 4. Mary A., Nov. 10, 1839. 5. Horace, Nov. 12, 1842.

6. Geo. W., Mar. 12, 1845.

10. David, s. Josh. 6, m. Betsey, da. Chas. Mann, Ap. 4, 1821,
lives at the corner of Main and North sts., and has, 1. David J.,
1822, d. at sea, 1846. 2. Geo. H., Ap. 20, 1824, in Cal'a, 3.
Mary J., Jan. 4, 1826. 4. Josh., Aug. 26, 1827. 5. Caleb,
Ap. 3, 1829. 6. Sophronia, July 26, 1831, m. Jos. Hunt, Ab'n.

7. Russell C, July 30, 1836. 8. Albert G., June 26, 1838. 9.
Howard F., Mar. 30, 1843. 10. Perez, d. ae. 18 mos.

MCLAUTHLIN — MORSE — MUNROE. 353

McLAUTHLIN, Martin Parris, b. July 24, 1825, s. Martin,
of E. Bridg'r., is the present worthy and accomplished Principal
of the Academy, at the Four Corners ; and is a gr. s. of Col.
Jesse Reed, of Mf d., of whom we have spoken on p. 141.

MORSE, Ma}. Wm., of Newburyport, m. Marg't, da. David
Prouty, Esq., the "plough maker," was Selectman for 9 years ;
Rep. 3 yrs. ; often Moderator at Town meetings ; and lived on
Main st., until his removal to Lawrence, in 1847. ch. : 1. Lucy,
Jan. 17, 1823, m. a Howard, of Hav'l. 2. Quincy, Dec. 14,
1824, m. wid. Elizab. M. Norton, Sep. 20, 1851, and lives on his
father's place. 3. Sarah, Nov. 12, 1826, m. Wm. L. Hender-
son, Sep. 1, 1844. 4. Marcus, Dec. 12, 1828, m. Mary A:
Leavitt, Scit., Nov. 16, 1849, lives on Main st., and has Mary
&, Oct. 27, 1849, and Geo. E., Oct. 19, 1841. 5. Wm. M.,
Jan. 27, 1843. 7

• MUNROE, Shuble, m. Mary Josselyn, Nov. 10, 1742, lived in

a house which stood near Eben. Thayer's, on Centre st., and d.

June 14, 1795, ae. 75, and his wid. Ap. 27, 1815, ae. 91. The

hill near his house is still known as Shuble's Ridge. His son

Shuble, b. Ap. 1, 1761, m. Abig. Stetson, Jan. 27, 1788, who d.

June 5, 1812, and he Oct. 3, 1851, ae. 90. His ch. were, 1.

Abig. S., m. Saml. Stetson, of H. 2. Jno., d., ae. 20. 3. Mary

J., m. Eben. Thayer, of H. 4. Chas., of N. Y'k. 5. Isaiah, not

m. Several ch. d. young.

Note. Tradition says that 5 broe. of the name of Munroe, came early to
Am'a., and were the ancestors of the different families now existing in the
U. S. ; and from the N. E Gen. Reg. for 1847, p. 378, we learn that among
the Scotch prisoners sent to N. Eng. in 1652, by order of the Eng. Gov't.,
were Robert Monroiv, John Monroiv, Hugh Monrow, and — Monrow. There
were also 5 of the name of Murroic, viz. : Jno., Jno., Neile, Jonas, and James ;
and among the Settlers of Reading, Mass., were Henry, Jno., and Saml.,
Merrow, the former of whom d. in 1685. There was early a family of
Munroes in R. I., and another in Va., from which President Munroe de-
scended.

2. Benj., s. Benj., of Dorch'r., ra. Mary H. Curtis, Nov. 11
1830, lives on Hanover st, and has, 1. Mary C, Aug. 28, 1831.
2. Benj. W., Ap. 22, 1833. 3. Lucinda T., Mar. 7, 1835. 4.
Wm. H., Feb. 21, 1837. 5. David B., Oct. 14, 1839. 6. Geo.
R., Ap. 26, 1843,

354 PERCIVAL — PERKINS.

3. Hiram, s. Benj., of Dorch'r., b. 1811, m. Tempe. C. Stetson,
May 6, 1832, lives on Spring st., is a shoemaker, and has, 1.
Francis M., May 4, 1834. 2. Joanna S., Oct. 7, 1835. 3.
Julia M., Dec. 22, 1838. 4. Lucy S., Mar. 23, 1841. 5. Eliza
L., May 18, 1843. 6. Adaline T., June 15, 1846. 7. Sarah
E., July 23, 1848.

NASH, Lysander B., s. Lewis, of Wey'h., b. Mar. 22, 1822,
m. Almira C. Mann, and has Henrietta C, Ap. 15, 1846, and
Lysander W., May 24, 1848.

PERCIVAL, Sylvanus, b. June 20, 1796, s. Benj. of Sandwich,
m. Celia Ewer, of S., Nov. 14, 1816, and lives near N. River
Bridge, ch. : 1. Jno. P. T., Oct. 19, 1818, m. Drusilla Snow,
and lives in Cohas't. 2. Sylvanus, Mar. 8, 1820, m. Mary A.
Stone, and lives in Dorch'r. 3. Celia E., Dec. 28, 1821. 4.
Sainl. W., Sep. 3, 1823, m. Lurana Cleal, and is in Cal'a. 5.
Nancy W., Dec. 29, 1824. 6. Gustavus, Aug. 30, 1826, m. Jo-
sephine Josselyn, and lives in H'n. 7. Henry C, May 3, 1829,
m. Maria, da. Abisha Soule, Feb. 11, 1851, andd. in 1852, leav-
ing Henry W, b. Nov. 12, 1851.

PERKINS, Ozias, b. June 9, 1804, s. Eben'r. of BriclgY,
(.and a desc't. of David, of Beverly, who sett, in Bridg'r. bef. 1688,
and was Rep., &c.) m. 1, Ann Wing, Nov. 13, 1828, who d. Sept.
25, 1831 ; and 2, Mary C. Bates, May 21, 1832 ; lives on Winter
st. ; is an anchor smith by trade, and a gent, of intelligence and
respectability ; has, 1. Ann W., Sep. 12, 1831. (By 2nd,)
2. Lorenzo, Oct. 12, 1836. 3. Lewis, May 15, 1839. 4. Mary
C, Nov. 16, 1840.

PERRY, Richard, was one of the Mass, Co., in 1629, and his
name often occurs on the annals of the Co. Jno. was freem. in
Bos'n., 1632-3, was aft. of Rox'y.,and cl. in 1643 ; and the same
year another Jno. Perry was freem. in Taunton. Isaac Perry
was a freem. in Mass., in 1631-2. Thos. Perry, ae. 34, with his
w. Dorothy, and s. Benj., were pass, for Va. in 1635 ; and we
find a Thos. early in Ipswich, who may have been the same. Ar-
thur Perry was freem, in Bos'n., 1639, and had Seth, Jno., Elis-

PERRY, 355

hua, &c. Wm. Perry was freem. in Scit in 1643, and some of
his desct's. are still living in Scit. and Pemb., and elsewhere.

2. Thos. Perry, from Mass., according to Deane, was in Scit.
bef. 1647, m. Sarah, da. Isaac Stedman, and had his farm on the

5. part of Chamberlain plain. He may have been s. of Thos. of
Ipswich. There is no record of births of his ch. in Scit. ; but we
are told that he had Thos., Wm.", Henry, Joseph, and Jno. Of
these, Wm. m. Elizab. Lobdell, 1681, and had Amos, who in. Ruth
Turner, June 8, 1720, lived near the 3rd Herring brook, and was
fa. of Dea. Isaac, the shipbuilder, of H., who was b. Sept. 5, 1736,
m. Jemima Farrow, and d. Aug. 16, 1825, ae. 89, and his w. in
Nov. 1824, ae. 78. His da. Priscilla, m. Elij. Packard, June 26,
1803 ; and his sons Timo., and Isaac, went to St. John's, N. B. ;
his da. Betsey, m. a Smith ; and Ruth went to Me. Wm., s. Thos.,
Senr., had also another son, Benj., b. Dec. 31,1688, who m. Ruth
Bryant, Feb. 20, 1711, and had Saml., Nov. 28, 1712, and oth-
ers. The desct's. of this son are here given, according to the best
information we could obtain.

3. Saml., s. Benj. ? s. Thos., lived in Pemb., and m. Eunice
Witherell, Sep. 27, 1734, who d. a wid., Feb. 21, 1795. ch. : 1.
Henry. 2. Mary, m. Howland Beal, Dec. 29, 1757. 3. Saml.
4. Noah, m. Jane Hobart, Oct. 1, 1772, and had Hobart ? drown-
ed, ae. 20 ; Mary, m. Jacob Ford, Oct. 11, 1792, and lived in
Ab'n. ; and Danl., m. a Hobart, and lives in S. Ab'n. 5. Israel.

6. Betsey, m. Col. Amos Turner, Feb. 14, 1771. 7. Seth. 8.
Adam.

4. Henry, s. Saml. 3, m. Bethia Baker, of Dux'y., Dec. 25,
1760, lived in Pemb. and d. March 23, 1815, ae. 80, and his
wid. Jan. 20, 1822, ae. 89. ch. : 1. Saml. B. 2. Henry, Ap.
25, 1764. 3. Jno., m. Rhoda Barker, Jan. 27, 1793, and lived
and d. in Plym'h., having had 4 ch., of whom 2 are living, viz. :
Lewis, of Plym'h., and Rhoda, both bap. May 18, 1794. 4.
James, d. unm. in Scit. John and James were twins.

5. Saml., s. Saml. 3, m. Alice Baker, lived in Pemb., and d.
Sept. 5, 1816, ae. 76. ch. : 1. Chas., Oct. 2, 1771. 2. Elizab.,
Sep.. 22, 1776, m. Caleb White. 3. Lucy, m. 1, Jabez Wither-
ell, 2, a Crooker, and 3, a Harrob. 4. Saml., m. Lucy Oldham,

356 PERPY.

of Pe'mb., in 1807, and had Otis, Ap. 18, 1808, a carpenter by
trade, m. wid. Rebecca Estes, Dec. 8, 1840, and lives in H'n.,
no cb. ; Almira, Ap. 1, 1811, m. Thacher Perry, of Pemb. ; and
Horatio, May 4, 1814, living in Pemb., unm.

(Dea. Israel,) s. Saml. 3,

« A ^V7 ff &/v~r7J m- *' Abig- Baker' of Mf'd-

6 jwaet ve^rsil whocL Dee_ 14) 180 ae_

61 ; and 2, wid. Relief So-
per, Dec. 17, 1809 ; and d.
Feb. 18, 1817, ae. 73, and his wid. Feb. 24, 1824, ae. 85. Lived
back of Plain st., in the house known as the " Hanmer hook
house," which has been torn down for many years. He was
Selectman in 1797, and '98. ch. : 1. Israel, Ap. 28, 1771, of
Newbyp't. 2. Thos., Aug.' 30, 1772, m. wid. Sarah Ramsdell,
June 11, 1810, andd. July 22, 1817, leaving no ch. 3. Hannah,
June 18, 1775, m. Edward Stetson, Jan. 1, 1799, and is living
in H. . 4. Horatio, Oct. 3, 1784, sett, in Salem, Mass., and there
d. 5. Paul, June 25, 1786, m. Chloe Bailey, Sep. 23, 1813,
lives in Camden, Me., and has ch. 6. Oakes, sett, in Me., and
there d. 7. Nabby B., Sep. 6, 1789, not m. 8. Haytior Ittai,
of Salem, Mass.

7. Seth, s. Saml. 3, m. Hannah Josselyn, July 2, 1782, and cl.
in Pemb. His wid. is living in P., with her son Josh., at the ad-
vanced age of 98, and retains to a remarkable degree, both her
bodily and mental powers, ch. : 1. Elijah, Ap. 14, 1783, m.
Chloe Stetson, July 6, 1806, lived in P., and d. Oct. 9, 1814, ae.
32, and his w. Dec. 27, 1812, ae. 26, leaving ch. ; Thacher, 1807,
d. 1811 ; Isaiah S., Mar. 23, 1809, m. Julia A. Oldham, May
5, 1831, and lives in Me. ; and Edward Y., Oct. 4, 1812, m.
Mary Oldham, July 8, 1834, lives in P., and is a manufacturer
of tacks, in H., at what was formerly Dyer's works. (See p. 141.)
2. Joshua, Ap. 27, 1788, m. Mary, da. Capt. Ichabod Thomas,
and lives in P. Has no ch.

8. Adam, s. Saml. 3, m. Elizab. House, Oct. 20, 1776, and
lived in H., where he d. Aug. 23, 1830, ae. 78, and his wid. Feb.
12, 1845, ae. 89. ch. : 1. Elizab., Ap. 11, 1777, m. Moses

PERRY. 357

French, Bos'n. 2. Olive, b. 1779, d. 1783. 3. Adam, Dec.
28, 1780. 4. Calvin, b. and d. 1782. 5. Sage, 1783, d. 1799.
6. Calvin, June 19, 1785, m. Mary Litchfield, lived in Scit., and
had ch. 7. Gideon, Mar. 23, 1787, m. Cath. Perry, Mar. 21,
1816, who d. June 3, 1822, he survives, and has Catherine, 1817,
d. 1832 ; Franklin, May 17, 1821, living in H., not m. ; and
Henry N., Ap. 17, 1828, lives in Medford. 8. Olive, Oct. 5,
1791, m. Martin Lindsey, and is living, a wid., in H. 9. Levi,
Mar. 2, 1793, m. Sarah J. Colcord, Sep. 9, 1826, and had a son
Levi, d. young. The fa. is living in H. 10. Lovisa, Sep. 1,
1797, m. Benj. D. Torrey, Mar. 30, 1818, and is living, a wid.,
inH.

9. Samuel B., s. Henry 4, m. Anne Bates, Feb. 2, 1786,
lived in H., on Broadway, and had, 1. Wealthy, 1786, d. 1790.
2. Nancy, 1787, living, unm. 3. Levi, Jan. 20, 1789, m. Fanny
Price, of BHm., and went to Ohio, many years ago. 4. Cephas,
Sep. 3, 1790, m. 1, Anne Norris, Bos'n. ; and 2, Nabby Cham-
berlain, Oct. 7, 1838, lives on Broadway, and has, 1. Anne, m.
Levi Perry ; Lucy, m. Wm. R. Skerry, Ap. 25, 1846 ; Cephas,
Jan., 1828 ; and Jerome, Aug. 5, 1831 5. Jno., Ap. 29, -1793,
went to sea, and is prob. d. 6. Seth, Ap. 29, 1793, m. Melinda
F. Cox, Feb. 5, 1828, and has Jno. H., Jan. 19, 1831 ; Caroline
JT., Oct. 20, 1832 ; and Julia A. 7. Bethia B., July 20, 1795,
m. Dea. Isaac Cook, H'n. 8. Wealthy, Feb. 10, 1797, m. Albert
Stetson, Nov. 29, 1830. 9. Saml., Jan. 24, 1799, m. Diana
Bret:, of E. Bridg'r., and had Levi, Nov. 9, 1820, (m. Anne
Perry, and has Francena, Dec. 4, 1842 ; Alfred, Aug. 2, 1844 ;
Albert S., June 1, 1847 ; Bradford, b. and d. 1848 ; and Flor-
ence, Oct, 19, 1849) ; Kilborn'R., Aug. 17, 1822, (m. Rebecca
A. Gurney, Oct. 1845, lives on Centre st., is a shoemaker, and
has Ellen A., Dec. 30, 1846; Sarah E., Jan. 11, 1849; and
Emma W., May 13, 1851) ; Anna, m. Josh. S. Rose, of H.; and
Elizab. F., ae. ab. 12. 10. Alva, Dec. 15, 1800, d. unm. 11.
Perez, May 24, 1803, m. Fanny Stetson, Nov. 2, 1828, lives on
Broadway, and has Perez E., 1829 ; and Fanny S., 1831, m.
Andrew T. Damon, Ap. 22, 1851. 12. LydiaN., Feb. 11, 1805,
m. Stephen S. Bowers. 13. Jerome, Sep. 15, 1807, d. unm. in
Ohio. 14. A da. d. young.

358 PERRY — .PETERSON.

10. Henry, s. Henry 4, m. 1, Content Barker, Ap. 25, 1790,
who d. Mar. 20, 1821 ; and 2, wid. Mary Ramsdell, and d. in P.,
Aug. 10, 1837, ae. 73. His wid. survives, eh.: 1. Nathl.,Jan.

1, 1791, m. 1, an Edwards, and 2, the wid. of Jno. Perry, of
Plym'h., and lived in N. Bed. 2. Catherine, May 15, 1794, m.
Gideon Perry, Mar. 21, 1816,and d. Jan. 3, 1832. 3. Nabby B.,
Dec. 25, 1796. 4. Ethan, May 11, 1802. 5. Betsey, Oct. 27,
1805, in. aDickerman, and d. Aug. 17, 1831. 6. Robert, Oct. 22,
1809, m. Betsey Macomber, lives in H'n., and has ch.

11. Chas., s. Saml. 5, m. Hannah Bisbee, Jan. 30, 1794, lived
inPeinb., and had, 1, Chas. B. 2. Alice B., m. Levi C. Wright,
E. Bridg'r., June 24, 1827. 3. Ruth. 4. Hannah, m. and lives

■ in Bridg'r. 5. Jno. B , Oct. 4, 1806. 6. Priscilla, Jan. 27,
1809, m. Thos. Drake, Jan. 6, 1828. 7. Thacher, Jan. 7, 1812,
m. Almira, da. Saml. Perry, Nov. 26, 1840, and lives in P. 8.
Elijah, Oct. 13, 1815, of P.' 9. Sherman, of Pemb.

12. Adam, s. Adam 8, m. Polly Field, lived in Dorch'r., and
d. July 7, 1826, and his wid. Aug. 1, 1849. ch. : 1. Sage, d.

2. Josiah F., Sep. 17, 1808, m. Sarah Hildreth, Feb. 9, 1836,
lives .on Circuit st., and has Sarah E., Jan. 25, 1837 ; Josiah F.,
July 24, 1839 ; James H., Mar. 5, 1844 ; and Anna A., Oct.
25, 1850. 3. Eliza, d. 4. Levi, of Dorch'r. 5. Louisa. 6.
Mary E. 7. Oliver, of D.

13. Ethan, s. Henry 10, m. Rosilla Ramsdell, July, 1823,
lives at the corner of Main and Plain sts., is a farmer, and has, 1.

Bj Geo. B., Jan. 21, 1824, m. Adaline W. Bates, May, 1846, who
d. in 1852, leaving Francis, Dec. 31, 1847, and Seth W., Mar.
10, 1850. 2. Wm. G., Oct. 23, 1825, m. Charlotte Torrey,
and has 1 ch. 3. Ethan T., Ap. 1829. 4. Elijah, Sep. 15, 1831.
5. Joseph, Aug. 1, 1833. 6. Rosilla C, 1836, d. 1839. 7.
Rosilla J., Aug. 6, 1841. 8. Chas., Aug. 17, 1845.

PETERSON, Phineas P., b. Dec. 7, 1824, s. Benj., of Paris,
Me., m. Avis H., da. Geo. W. Turner, July 4, 1848, is a shoe-
maker, lives on Whiting st., and has Geo. K., Jan. 9, 1851.

PHILLIPS — POCOKNY — POOL — PKATT. 359

PHILIPS, Absalom, s. Chris'r., of H'n., m. Abigail Baker,
and has ch. : 1. Gid. B., Jan., 1805. 2. Abig., Mar. 30, 1806, m^
Chas. Lincoln, Bridg'r. 3. Almira, Dec. 29, 1808, m. Thomas
Damon, and is living a wid. in H. 4. Jas., Feb., 1810. 5.

Betsey, Oct. 9, 1811, m. Chas. Smith, of H. 6. Ann T., 1813,
d. young. 7. Chas., 1815. 8. Thos. H., 1817. 9. William,
Dec, 1820. 10. Nath'L, Feb. 4, 1822. 11. Zavan, Sep. 19,
1823. 12. Albert, Ap. 3, 1826.

2. Edmund, s. Edmund, of H'n., an anchor-smith, m. Joan
Richmond, in Oct., 1845, lives on Winter st., and has 1. Allen,
June 10, 1846. 2. Geo. L., Jan. 28, 1848. 3. Nancy B., 1850, q>.
4. Mary M., Mar. 29, 1852. (r-UBLic

POCORNY, Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1809, s. Joseph, of Bos'n.,
m. Lydia Clapp, of Scit., May 20, 1832, and was the Landlord of
the Tavern, at the Four Corners. ch. : 1. Joseph E., d. 1834.

2. Augustine P., Dec. 22, 1835, drowned, Aug. 29, 1850. 3.
Cerena C, Jan. 3, 1828. 4. Eunice A., Aug. 8, 1841. 5.
Joseph R, 1843, d. 1846. 6. Lydia A., Ap. 7, 1847.

POOL, Jno., b. Feb., 1812, s. Jno., of Ab'n., m. Lydia J.,
cla. Benj. Mann, Esq., in Mar., 1833, lives on North st., is a
shoemaker, and has, 1. Jno. S., Sep. 15, 1833. 2. Lydia M.,
May 18, 1836. 3. Benj. B., Jan. 6, 1841. 4. Marg't, A.,
July 11, 1849. 5. Alonzo N., Dec, 1851.

2. Joseph, s. Jno., of Ab'n., m. Debo., da. Ensign Crooker,
lives on Whiting st., is a stone-mason by trade, and has, 1. Jos.
W., Jan., 1839. 2. Debo. A., May, 1843.

PRATT, Jona., s. Sam'L, of Plym'h. ?, was in that part of
Scit,, now H., with his fa., in 1676, lived near where Martin
Church does; on Wash'n. st., and d. June 28, 1729. He m.
Marg't. Locke, or Low, Jan. 8, 1691-2, and had Othniel, Jan.
25, 1708, who m. Mary Prior, Dux'y., Ap. 2, 1737. She d.
Mar. 12, 1758, and he June 23, 1758. His ch. were, 1. Jona.,
Oct. 15, 1740; 2. Othniel, Mar. 7, 1743, moved to Spencer;

3. Benj., Mar. 4, 1745; 4. Mary, 1750; and sev. ch. that d.
young.

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60 PROUTY.

2. Jona., s. Othniel, m. 1, Lucj Church, Dec. 30, 1762, who
d. Aug. 23, 1789 ; 2, Lydia Chamberlin, Ap. 15, 1790, who d.
Nov. 23 of that year ; and 3, Desire Palmer, Jan. 10, 1798 ; and
d. Nov. 28, 1814. eh. : 1. Jabez, 1769, of Me., was m., and had
ch. 2. Elisha, 1771, m. Rebecca Keen, and moved to Me. 3,
Mary,1773, d. in Me. 4. Lucy, m. JosL Chamberlin, Nov.25, 1784.
5. Jno., of Me. 6. Sarah, 1776, m. Cyrus Leavitt, of Me., June
1, 1794. 7. Joanna, 1779, m. Nath'l. Stetson, Mar. 7, 1811.

8. Church, 1789, of Me. 9. Debo., 1789, m. Luther Merrill,
Me. (By 2d,) 10. Benj. C, Nov. 23, 1790.

3. Benj. C, s. Jona. 2, m. 1, Rebecca E. Sylvester, Dec. 5,
1819, who d. Dec. 3, 1847, and 2, wid. Marg't. Lane; lives on
Elm st. ; is a farmer, and nurseryman ; and has, 1. Rebecca E.,
Jan. 27, 1821, m. Silas B. Jones. 2. Lydia C, d. ae. 10 ds.
3. Lucy B., Jan. 31, 1824. 4. Benj. F., Mar. 10, 1826, in
Ab'n. 5. Geo., Aug. 27, 1828, works at the Curtis Forge. 6.
Mary, Sep. 14, 1831. 7. Lydia C, Lee. 28, 1834. 8. Henry
Mar. 11, 1839.

4. Jno. W., s. Isaac, and gr. s. Isaac, Wey'h., b. Dec. 9, 1829,
lives in H., on Centre st. and is a shoemaker, and school teacher.
Not m.

y /r^ PROUTY, David,

/ b. May 18. 17 < 8, m.

Lydia, da. Hezek. Stoddard, lived in H. for some years, on Curtis

st, being engaged in the plough business, (see the chap. onMfr's.)

and d. Mar. 31, 1846, ae. 68. ch. : 1. Marg't., Feb. 4, 1796,

m. Maj. Wm. Morse, now of Lawrence, Mass. 2. Veniah, Ap.

9, 1811, kept the Half-way-House in Scit. for some jrs., (now
occupied by his son, Jno.) and is at present in Framingham^ Mass.
3. Lorenzo, May 3, 1806, of the firm of Prouty & Hears, Bos'n.,
m. Lucy W., da. Jno. Mears, and has Lorenzo, Lucy (7., and

Ullen. 4. Lydia, July 19, 1807, m. Horatio Baker, Ab'n. 5.
David O., June 7, 1818, m. Sarah A. Gray, lives in Philad., and
has 3 ch.

PUFFER — RAMSDELL. 361

PUFFER, Jno., s. Jno., of Ab'n., b. 1798, m. 1, Abig. S.
Crooker, 1822, who d. Dec. 23, 1850 ; and 2, wid. Lovisa Har-
low, Aug. 15, 1851 ; lives on Winter st. ; and is a shoemaker.
ch. : 1. Abig., June 2, 1824, m. Martin W. Damon. 2. Tamar
J., Oct. 31, 1827, m. Chas. Sampson, of H. 3. Mary M., 1830,
m. Melzar Keen, Ab'n., Oct. 11, 1818.

RAMSDELL, or RAMSDEN, Joseph, was in Plym'h., in 1643,
and Saml., one of his desct's., sett, in that part of Scit,, now II.,
m. Martha Bowker, and had ch. Thos., prob. also a clesc't. of
Joseph, was of II., 1712, and had, by w. Sarah, 1. Gideon, Sep.
13, 1712. 2. Sarah, July 12, 1715. 3. Mercy, Nov. 5, 1717,
m. Peleg Stetson, Mar. 9, 1738. 4. Lydia, Sep. 5, 1719. 5.
Elizab. ? m. Eben'r. Curtis, 1747. 6. Grace, 1725, m. Adam
Prouty,1744. 7. Thos.? f

J J? . . H>iA/ Pr0D- another clesc't.

2. //a^-fX^- ^MV^^ of Joseph) of Dux'y.(

(/ m. 1, Mary Homer,

Ap. 23, 1730, who d. June 1, 1754 ; and 2, Mercy Prior,
Nov. 25, 1755, who d. July 20, 17.66, and he, Aug. 22, 1787, ae.
86. ch. : 1. Mary, Jan. 6, 1731, m. Wm. Whiting, 1748. 2.
Avis, July 14, 1732, d. Dec. 28, 1740. 3. Priscilla, bap. Sep.
8, 1734, m. Isaac Prouty, Dec. 25, 1755. 4. Nehemiah, Nov.
13, 1734, m. Rebecca Chamberlin ? Dec. 29, 1757, and moved to
C't. 5. Thos., Oct. 3, 1736, d. March 13, 175T. 6. Joseph,
Ap. 25, 1739, d. Ap. 6, 1740. 7. Avis, bap. Mar. 29,1741, m.
Josh. Dwelley, Dec. 24, 1761. 8. Joseph, July 3, 1843. 9.
Japhet, Aug. 22, 1745, d. June 19, 1750. 10. Sarah, 'Ap. 19,
1749, m. Oliver Pool, Jan. 13, 1774. (By 2d,) 11. Mercy,
Ap. 28, 1757, m. 1, Rich'd. Estes, Nov. 4, 1778, and 2, an Ellis,
of Sandwich. 12. Lydia, bap. Aug. 26, 1759, m. Saml. Whit-
comb, Nov. 6, 1791.

3. Joseph, s. Joseph 2, m. 1, Elizab. Barker, Feb. 1, 1770,

who d. June 19, 1786 ; and 2, Elizab. Ellis, May 17, 1787, who

d. Oct. 20, 1811, ae. 59, and he, Aug. 5, 1817. ch. : 1. Mary,

July 29, 1771, m. Nathl. Ellis, July 20, 1789. 2. Priscilla, Mar.

23

362 RANDALL.

18, 1773, d. July 24, 1774. 3. Joseph, Sep. 10, 1775. 4.
Priscilla, July 1776, d. Oct. 17, 1777. 5. Barker, bap. June
13, 1779. 6. Homer.

4. Joseph, s. Joseph 3, m. Ruth Stockbridge, Feb. 3, 1800, and
lives in Warren, Mass. ch. : 1. Joseph, Oct. 21, 1800, m. Elizab.?
da. Robt. Eells, Dec. 3, 1827, and has Elizab. H, Ap. 25, 1830,
m. Aaron King, of Palmer, Sepl, 1852 ; Adelaide, Oct. 8,1833 ;
Marcjt. P., Oct. 6, 1841. 2. Mary, Oct. 16, 1803, d. Ap. 12,
1827. 3. Homer, Aug. 12, 1810, m. Francis E. L., da. Thos.
Powell, Newburgh, N. Y'k., June 16, 1835, and has Mary L. P.,
Mar. 23, 1836, d. July 29, 1S41 ; Frances J., May 31, 1838 ;
Thos. P., May 14, 1840 ; Jas. A. P., Mar. 9, 1842 ; Henry P.,

.1844 ; and Homer S., 1852.

5. Barker, s. Joseph 3, m. Lucy Ellis, Aug. 31, 1800, and
had, 1, Ruth S., Dec. 14, 1801, m. Sylvanus Estes, Oct. 25,1818.
2. Mary B., m. Reuben Estes^Mar. 18, 1819. 3. Lucy E., Oct.
17, 1804, m. Wm. Estes, Mar. 14, 1825. 4. Homer, Ap. 12, 1807.
5. Tryphosa, Oct. 17, 1809. 6. Josiah B., May 15, 1812. 7.
Joseph, Dec. 18, 1815.

6. Homer, s. Joseph 3, rn. Betsy Stockbridge, Oct. 27, 1816,
sett, in Warren, and d. Dec. 19, 1850, having had, 1. Wm. B.,
June, 1825. 2. Mary E., Sep. 25, 1829, m. Joseph K. Make-
peace, Mar. 12, 1851, and has Mary P., Feb., 1852.

7. Silas Ramsdell, of a different family from the above, is in
II., with his son Jacob L., who is m., and has 1 da., Susanetta, b.
Oct. 24, 1851. The fa., Silas, m. 1, Ann Lawrence, by whom he
had Jacob L. ; 2, Elenor Stetson ; and 3, Lois Hammond. By
the last 2, he has no ch.

RANDALL, William, was of Scit, 1640, and of his descend-
ants, Gideon, and Elijah, resided in H. for a time. The latter,
Elijah, was fa. of Allen, of H., who m. Betsey Jones, of Scit., and
lives on Wash'n. st. His ch. are, 1. Elizabeth, m. Geo. Richard-
son, of Medford. 2. Allen, 1821, m. Eliza Kelly, Oct. 6, 1846,
lives in S. Scit., and has ch. He is a shoemaker by trade, and a
young man of respectable standing. 3. Lydia, m. John B. Wil-
der, of H.

REED.

363

REED, Capt. William, of Dux'y., m. Polly Glass, and lived
for a time in II., on Centre st., where he cl. May 9, 1851, ae. 65.
His da. Wealthy, ir.. Lewis Hunt, of D. ; and Hannah, m. Jared
Alden, of S. Ab'n. His son, Saml. H., yet resides in Hanover ?
m. Lucy J. Estes, June 1835, and lives on Circuit st. ch. : 1.
Wm. E., Sep. 24, 1838. 2. Bethia C, June 13, 1838. 3. Mary
G., Dec. 26, 1839. 4. Lucy P., Feb. 10, 1842. 5. Celia J.,
June 28, 1844. 6. Eliza B., Mar. 8, 1846. 7. Augustine,
Mar. 14, 1848. 8. A son, b. Mar. 3, 1850, d. young. 9. Jane
L., June 31, 1851.

2. Col. Jesse, of MPd., b. 1778, is the one whose history we
have given at large on p. 142. We present, above, a likeness of
that gentleman, taken expressly for this work, as an accompani-
ment to our sketch.

364 RICE — RICHARDS — RIPLEY — ROBBINS.

RICE, Alvin, b. July 1, 1824, s. John, of Me., (and prob. a
desct. of Edmond Rice, who was of Sudbury, 1640,) m. Charlotte
Arnold, of Ab'n., d., lives on Whiting st., in the house built by
Jared Whiting, and is a shoemaker, ch. : 1. Ann E., May 9?
1847. 2. Jno. W., Jan. 1852. Lost one ch., an infant.

RICHARDS, Dr. Jacob, s. Jacob, of Wey'h., grad. B. XL,
1824 ; stud. med. with Dr. Jno. C. Warren, of Bos'n. ; and sett,
in H. from 1834 to 1836. He now resides in Braintree, Mass,
He m. Elizabeth, da. Rev. Calvin Wolcott, formerly Rector of St.
Andrew's Church, and she d. May 2, 1846. ch. : 1. Augustus
Jacob, b. in H., Sep. 20, 1835. 2. George Calvin, b. in Br'e.,
Jan. 18, 1838. 3. Sarah Ann, Feb. 5, 1840. 4. Susanna
Lincoln, Sep. 29, 1842. 5. Mary Gardner, Ap. 1, 1845.

RIPLEY, John, of Ab'n., lived on Whiting st, and d. Mar.
26, 1829, ae. 49, having had ch. : 1. John, d. unm. 2. Josiah,
m. a Keen, and d. in Pemb. 3. David, d. unm. 4. Benjamin,
d. unm. 5. Martin, m. a Lincoln, and lives in Cohasset. 6.
Washington, Jan., 1826, lives on Main st., shoemaker. 7. Wil-
liam, d. young. 8. Seth, in Ab'n.

ROBBINS, Nicholas, was of Dux'y., 1638 ; and Thos. was of
Dux'y., 1643. Richard was of Bos'n., 1643, and aft. of Camb.,
and had, Saml., b. 1643. William, who was of H'm., 1665, m.
Susanna, da. Geo. Lane, and had Thos., 1665, is supposed to have
been son of Richard, of Camb. ; and Nathl., and Saml., who were
of Camb., 1680, were doubtless of the same family ; and tradition
says, that the Robbins' of H., sprung from this stock.

2. Nathaniel, a desc't. of Richard ? m. Hannah, da. Saml.
Witherell, May 15, 1740, and lived, not as Deane says, in Mf'd.,
but in Hanover, first in the " Beech woods country," and then at
the corner of Grove st., where the cellar hole to his house is yet
visible. He was killed in Mf'd., by the falling in of the stones of
a well, on which he was at work ; as the record says, Dec. 17,
1774, but as family tradition says, June 17, 1775, — the fall of the
stones being occasioned by the jarring of the earth, induced by the

, BOBBINS. 365

firing of the cannon at the battle of Bunker Hill. His wid. d.
Jan. 7, 1807, ae. 88. ch. : 1. Nathaniel, Mar., 1741. 2. Tim-
othy, Sep. 25, 1742. (Sep. 14, T. Rec.) 3. Hannah, 1744, d.
Feb. 28, 1751. 4. Betsey, 1748. 5. Thomas, 1750. 6. Jo-
seph, 1755, d. 1760. 7. Luther, 1757, m. Ann Barker, Sep. 16,
1779, and moved to Greene, Me., where his descendants reside.
He was a soldier in the army, from Hanover, during the Revo-
lution, and his name will be found in the lists we have given. 8.
Joseph, m. a da. of Jas. Cushing, of Scituate, moved to Hebron
Me,, where his descendants still reside. He was in the Rev'n. from
H.,in 1777, and went to R. I.

3. C7~fi*?l0 ''£^7 fit) fco^VMary Tilden, Oct.
<!/ ^ 25, 1770, and lived

on Centre st.,near where his son Tim'y. resides. He was Dea.
of the First Church ; Town Clerk, from 1778-87; a member of
the Committee of Safety, in 1777 ; and altogether was a man of
great usefulness in public affairs. He d. May 18, 1807, and his
wid., Feb. 9, 1825, ae. 74. ch. : 1. Hannah, Oct. 14, 1771, m.
Saml. Jenkins, of Scit., Nov. 30, 1797. 2. Mary, July 12, 1773,
m. Elijah Sylvester, Dec. 19, 1793. 3. Bethia, Oct. 24, 1774,
d. Oct. 16, 1801. 4. Elizab., Mar. 28, 1776, m. Joseph Elmes,
of Scit, May 6, 1804, and d. Jan. 5, 1815. 5. Sibyl, Oct. 1,
1779, m. Amos Bates, Nov. 25, 1802, and d. May 26, 1816. 6.
Timothy, Aug. 28, 1781. 7. Sarah, Dec. 17, 1783. 8. John,
Dec. 9, 1785, d. Sep. 8, 1838.

4. Thomas, s. Nathl. 2, m. Sylvina Caswell, was a shipmaster)
and was drowned in the harbor of Cohasset, Ap. 14, 1790, ae. 38,
in the midst of his usefulness, and in the vigor of his life. He had
3 sons bap. in H., Sep. 19, 1790, viz. : 1. Walter ; 2. Anson,
Esq. ; and 3. Thomas.

5. Timothy, s. Tim'y. 3, m. Hannah Wright, of Scit., in 1813,
lives on Centre st., and is a worthy and respectable farmer, ch. :
1. Elenor, Sep. 25, 1813, d. Jan. 29*1843. 2. Timothy, Jan.
1815, d. Aug. 14, 1850 ; much respected and greatly lamented.

3. Sibyl T.,Feb. 22, 1817. 4. Hannah F., July 29, 1824, m.

Eli C. Josselyn, Ap. 27, 1845, and d. July 15, 1846. Of these

366 ROGERS. r

4 ch., but one is left, a daughter, to solace her parents in their de-
clining years.

6. Anson, Esq., of Scit., s. Thos. 4, m. Rachel, da. Thos. Syl-
vester, Aug. 28, 1803, and resides in So. Scit., near Mr. Stet-
son's Meeting. House. He has long held the office of J. P. ; and
is a man of active business habits ; of great diligence and perse-
verance ; and one whose services have been much sought, not only
in his own town, but in those adjacent, ch. : 1. George A., July
20, 1807, m. Almira Sylvester, lived in So. Scit., was a wheel-
wright by trade, had Elizabeth 2'., and George W., and d. in S.
in Jan., 1853. 2. Walter, June 31, 1809, m. Mary 0. Torrey,
and lives in Charlestown, Mass. 3. Matilda, Feb. 16, 1811, d.
Mar. 10, 1839. 4. Clarissa, June 16, 1813. 5. Horace, Ap.
20, 1816. 6. Charles, June 13, 1817, d. July 10, 1830. 7.
Rachel S., Ap. 13, 1820, m. Dr. James Underwood, an intelligent
and successful Physician, of E. Ab'n.

Note. The son, George, was a man of remarkable mechanical talent;
ambitious, and enterprising ; one whose career, at the date of his decease,
seemed to be full of promise ; and who was arrested, in the midst of his use-
fulness, by an affection of the brain, induced by over exertion, which caused
his death. He was much respected in the community, and his loss is a se-
vere blow to his family and friends.

ROGERS, John, of Wey'h., 1639, came to Scit. with Rev. Mr.
Witherell, in 1644, but d. in Wey'h., in 1661, leaving a son John,
and others. John, jr., was of Scit., and by w. Rhoda, da. Elder
Thos. King, had also a son John, and others. John 3d., was fa.
of Caleb, b. Ap. 14, 1718, who was of H. ; and Caleb, by w.
Mary Harlow, was fa. of Caleb, b. Dec. 16, 1747, and others.
Caleb, jr., m. wid. Hannah Bates, and was fa. of Reuben, now of
H., and of several daughters, of whom Ruth T., m. Cap't. Levi
Curtis, of H.

2. Reuberi, s. Caleb, m. Abigail Stoddard, of Scit., and lives
on Water st., in the ho. built by himself, on the site of a former
house, which was burnt, ch. : 1. Reuben H., m., and lives in
Mich'n. 2. Zenas, m. Ryth Sumner, who is d. He lives in
Braintree. 3. Edwin, not m. 4. Abigail J., m. Melvin Stod-
dard. 5. Bela T., d. ae. 4. 6. Harriet N., d. ae. 22. 7. An-
drew, m. Mary A. Whiting, and lives in E. Ab'n. 8. Sophronia
B., m. Henry Hobart, of H.

rose. 367

ROSE, Thomas, according to Deane, was in the " Two mile,"
in 1660, and had a son John, who was slain in the battle at Reho-
both, in 1676. By a 2d w., Alice, he had Jeremiah, who m.
Elizab., da. Capt. Anthony Collamore, in 1698, and d. in 1699,
leaving one son, Thomas, bap. June 27, 1708, who was of H. The
wid. m. Timothy Symnes.

2. Thomas, s. Jeremiah, m. Faith Sylvester, Aug. 19, 1731,
lived in H., was Dea. of the First Church, for a long time, and
Selectman for 13 yrs., from 1750-'63. ch. : 1. Ruth, Sep. 13,
1732, m. Thos. Curtis, Feb. l6, 1756. 2. Desire, June 3, 1734,
m. Amos Sylvester, Jan. 19, 1757. 3. Hannah, June 1736. 4.
Thomas, July 25, 1738. 5. Elizab., Sep., 1740, m. Timo.
Church, Sep. 5, 1765. 6. Timothy, Nov. 17, 1743.

3. Thos., s. Thos. 2, m. Rhoda Rogers, Nov. 12, 1761, and,
it is said, moved to Me., with his family, ch. : 1. Deborah,
1762. 2. Thos., 1764, d. 1765. 3. Rhoda R,, 1767. 4. Thos.
1768, d. 1772. 5. Jeremiah, 1772.

(Capt. Timothy,)s. Thos.

4. «_/ / /? C^r'^ ^> m* ^yc^a Soper, Jan.

/y 23, 1766, who d. Jan.

4, 1812, and he, Oct. 22, 1819. Lived where his grandson Seth
now resides, on Hanover st. He was Selectman in 1789 ; an
officer in the Rev'n. ; a man of energy ; active in his habits, and
respected by his townsmen, ch. : 1. Timothy, Dec. 24, 1766.
2,'Lydia, Mar. 19, 1769, m. Turner Stetson, Feb. 1, 1795, who
wras for over 20 yrs. Selectman of H. 3. Seth, Aug. 19, 1771.
4. Charles, 1774, d. 1778. 5. Lucy, Sep. 18, 1775. 6. Ruth,
1777, d. 1778.

5. Timothy, s. Capt. Timothy 4, m. Mercy Josselyn, June 9,
1795, who d. May 8, 1850. He built, and lived for about 15
yrs., in the house now occupied by Silas Hollis, on Broadway ;
and from thence moved to where Oren Josselyn lives, on King
st., being interested in the iron works there. He finally settled
where Josiah Bonney lives, on Wash'n. st., and there d. He was
a millwright by trade, ch. : 1. Mercy W., Feb. 26, 1797, m.

368 KUSSELL — SALMOND.

Josiah Bonney, Ap. 2, 1820, and lives in H. 2. Ruth, m. Capt,
William Josselyn, Oct. 8, 1820. 3. Maria, m: Horace Studley,
Jan. 15, 1834.

6. Seth, s. Capt. Tim'y. 4, m. Lucy Dwelley, Dec. 4, 1798,
who d. Ap. 25, 1845, and he, June 30, 1831. Lived on his fa-
ther's place, and was a farmer, ch. : 1. Seth, Nov. 14, 1799,
lives unm., on Hanover st., and is engaged in the Tanning busi-
ness, with his brothers. 2. Lucy D., Oct. 31, 1801, d. Jan. 15,
1805. 3. Charles, Oct. 28, 1803, living, unm., at the old home-
stead. 4. Martin, July 5, 1806. Moved to N. Y'k. State, and
lives in Batavia ; is m., and has ch. 5. Eliza D., Aug. 12, 1811,
living with her brothers. 6. Mary H., July 25, 1814, d. June
6, 1815. 7. Edwin, June 8, 1816, m. Ann White, of Pemb., da.
Capt. Caleb W., and lives on Hanover st.

7. Laban, s. Laban, of Scit., and a descendant of Thos. 1, m.
Emily Young, Aug. 20, 1823, lives on Broadway, and is a shoema-
ker, ch. : 1. Joshua S.,Mar. 17, 1824, m. Ann, da. Saml. Perry, and
has Ellen M. , Oct. 12, 1846. Lives on Broadway. 2. Laban,
Aug. 1826, m. Arabella, da. Jabez Josselyn, Jan. 1847, had Jane
M., May, 1847, and Henry F., Oct., 1848, and d. Ap. 23, 1851.
Lived on Broadway, in the house built by himself. 3. Henry,
Oct., 1828. 4. Cordelia, Dec. 26, 1833. 5. Eliza, Dec. 14, 1838.

RUSSELL, William P., b. Oct. 15, 1814, m. Elmira Bates,
Ap. 2, 1837, lives on King st., and is a shoemaker, ch.: 1. Lucius
W., Mar. 3, 1838. 2. Lyman, Sep. 10, 1840. 3. Marcus P.,
July 18,1842. 4. Elizab. S., Ap. 15, 1844. 5. Lydia C, Oct.
11, 1846. 6. George C, July 17, 1848. 7. Charles E., Jar.'
9, 1851.

SALMOND, Robert, and his bro. Peter, were born in a small
town in Scotland, lying between Edinburgh and Glasgow, within
8 miles, it is said, of the tree in which William Wallace hid, as is
related in the Scottish Chiefs. Robert was born in 1749, and '
Teter in 1745. Previous to the opening of the Am. Rev'n., they
came to this country, on a visit, and staid in Bridg'r., Mass., one
year, from 1774 to 1775. Starting from thence to return to

SALMON D. 3G9

their native land, by the way of Halifax, N. S., they were there
impressed into the British army, under Burgoyne ; and when that
officer was defeated, they left the ranks, and returned to Mr.
Russell, their fellow countryman, at Bridg'r., with whom they
had been tarrying. Soon they entered the employ of the Hon.
Hugh Orr, also a native of Scotland, — who was a manufacturer
of cannon, and other arms, — -and with him they remained for four
years, receiving, as their compensation, but $3 per month, and
their board, — a sum which would now be considered small by
most of our mechanics. From thence, both came to Hanover,
and engaged in trade, in the humble capacity of pedlers. Peter,
after remaining two years, moved to Pemb., and settled near the
Rev. Morrill Allen's. He m. Eunice, da. Capt. Jonathan Bass,
of E. Bridg'r., and widow of Seth Whitman, in 1785, and d. in
Pemb., in Oct. 1828, ae. 83, leaving ch., of whom his son Peter,
is still living in Pemb., on his father's place. Robert, the other
brother, remained in H., and was, for about thirty years, engaged
in the iron business at Sylvester's Forge, — 28 years of the time
with Nath'l. Cushing, — in manufacturing Anchors, and carrying
on this business on an extensive scale. He lived first in the Bald-
win House, so called, on Hanover St.. and afterwards on Broad-
way, in what is now known as the " S almond House." Both the
brothers, were men of high moral worth, and one who knew them
well, has said, that "if all were like them, we should need no
penal laws." Both left behind a good name for their children,— y<
a legacy far more valuable than gold or silver ! The desc'ts of
Robert, we give below.

^ of Scotland, b. 1749,

2- /A^^^^^^^^^^n) m- MaiT> da' of Rev«
* Samuel Baldwin,, of

II., November 1, 1787, and d. in II., May 5, 1829, ae. 80, and

his wid. September 5, 1847, ae. 79. ch. : 1. Robert, August

2, 1788, was in the service of the U. S., in the Vvrar Dep't., and

d. unm. in Louisville, Ky., Ap. 9, 1822. 2. Samuel, twin to

Robert, b. Aug. 2, 1788. 3. John, Aug. 1, 1700, was. engaged,

for several years, in the mfr. of Tacks, at his works, on the 3d

Herring brook, and d. unm. Ap. 3, 1845, 4,. William, Sep., 24,

370 SAMPSON.

1791, was in the Tack business with his bro. Jno., and also d.
unm., Mar. 11, 1842. 5. Mary, Oct. 1, 1794, d. July 13,
1818. 6. Agnes, Oct. 4, 1776, m. Capt. Zephaniah Talbot, of
Scit., July 20, 1826, and is living a wid., in Scit., her husband
having been so unfortunately injured, by the bursting of a can of
camphene, as to cause his death in a few days. 7. Peter R.,
bap. Aug. 1, 1802, d. at Baltimore, Md., May 18, 1828. •

3. Samuel, 8. Robert 2, m. Eliza, da. Hon. Albert Smith,
of H., July 26, 1826, and lives on Wash'on. st., near the Four
Corners. His life, like that of his father and uncle, has been
eventful and instructive. At the age of 18, with his bro. Robert,
he sett, in Bangor, Me., where, for 10 years, he was engaged in
trade. In 1818, he left B., and journeyed to the South, tarrying
there 4 years, until the death of his bro. Robert ; and thence he
went to Cuba, on which beautiful island he passed 7 winters.
During a portion of this time, he was in the employ of the U. S.
Gov't. In 1838, he sett, permanently in Hanover, and engaged
in the Tack business, at the works previously occupied by his
brothers, and at the spot where anciently stood the Stockbridge
mill. Mr. S. is a man of modest and retiring manners, of un-
blemished integrity, never weary in well doing, and is respected
most by those who know him best, and can best appreciate the
excellencies of his character, eh: 1. Robert, Ap. 1827, d. Oct.
18, 1845. 2. Mary, Dec. 1832. 3. Eliza S., May 13, 1844!
4. Samuel, d. Aug. 14, 1850, ae. 11 wks.

SAMPSON, Otis, s. Stephen, of Pemb., b. Sep. 1805, m. Sa-
rah, da. Anthony Sylvester, lives on Broadway, and is a carpen-
ter, ch.: 1. Frances, Feb. 9, 1836. 2. Otis, Ap. 11, 1837.
3. Almira J., May 21, 1839. 4. Priscilla, May 1841. 5.
Mary E., Aug. 27, 1843. 6. Lewis, July 22, 1846.

2. Charles, s. Chas., of Dux'y., m. Tamar J., da. Jno. Puffer,
Dec. 9, 1847, lives on Centre st., is a shoemaker by trade, and
has no ch.

Note. This name, on old records, is generally spelled Samson ; and
Henry, the ancestor of most of the Sampsons of Plymouth Co., arrived at
Dux'y., in 1620, according to Winsor.

SIMMONS. 371

SIMMONS, Moses, — formerly written "Moi/ses Symonson" —

came to Plymouth in the Fortune, in 1621, and is usually reckon-
ed as one of the Pilgrims, being among the early settlers of
Plym'h. WinsloAY speaks of him as " a child of one that was in
•communion with the Dutch Church at Leyden," and as being
" admitted into Church fellowship at Plym'h., in N. Eng'd., and
his children also to baptism as well as our own." In the division
of lands made in 1623, he,with Philip De la Noye, (now Delano,)
received each one acre, "beyond the first brooke, to the wood
westward;" and in 1628, Mar. 26, he, and Edward Bompass,
sold each one acre of ground to Robert Hicks, " lying on the
North side of the town," — being probably the acre granted to
him in 1623. In the division of cattle, made May 22, 1627, the
first lot, consisting of the " four black heifers that came in the
Jacob, and two she goats," fell to Francis Cooke, and his com-
pany, among whom was "Moses Simonson." He was in Dux'y.,
before 1637, and in that year, was one of a Jury of 12, " to set
forth heigh wages about Plymouth, Ducksburrow, and the Eele
River." In 1638-9, he received a grant of 40 acres of land in
D. He is in the list of those able " to bear arms," in 1643 ; and
in the list of freemen in D., in 1646. At about this period, he
became one of the 54 original proprietors of Bridg'r., but soon
after sold his share to Nicholas Byram. Under date of Mar. 7,
1652, he is spoken of, on the Coh Rec, as having one of the 34
shares, "of a tract extending 3 miles E. of the E. part of the
river or bay called Acusshena, and soe alonge the sea side to the
river called Coaksett, lying on the W. side of point prill (peril ?)
&c, and extending 8 miles into the woods," — said tract being
land purchased of the Indians. He was a surveyor in Dux'y., in
1657; and in 1665, a footway was laid out through his land, and
that of Sam'l. Chandler. In 1662, he was one of the proprietors
of Midd'o., his lot being the 18th, and being " bounded with a red
Oak and a Walnut tree marked." The name of his wife, we have
not learned, nor the dates of birth of his children. We should
infer, from Winslow's account, that some of them, at least, were
born before he cam? to Am'a. Of his sons, we find recorded the
names of Moses and Thomas. The family is prob. of English

372 SIMMONS.

origin, and may be connected with the Symonds, or Simonds, of
Devonshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucester, Norfolk, Hertford,
&c. We find this family name sometimes spelled Symons, and
Simmons, and the family itself, is numerous and respectable, and
of quite ancient date.

2. Moses, s. Moses, sen'r., was of Dux'y., where he d. in
1689, (Winsor.) By w. Sarah, he had, 1. John, m. Mercy
Pabodie, 1669, and had ch. 2. Aaron, was m., and had ch.
3. Mary, m. Joseph Alden. 4. Elizab., the 2d. w. of Richard
Dwelley. 5. Sarah, m. Jas. Nash, Dux'y.

3. Thos., s. Moses, sen'r., was a householder in Scit. bef.
1647, and his house was on the Green field, between that of
Sam'l. Nash, and Jno. Turner, jr. The name of his wife is not
given, nor the dates of birth of his ch. We only learn that he
had sons Moses and Aaron.

itf) D y^AJ< s* r-Th°mas 3, m. Patience,

4- fylomS ^Oy>/\^vvJ da. Wm. Barstow, ab. 1664.
(J Cx ch. : 1. Moses, bap. June

10, 1666, d. in the Canada Expedition, 1690. 2. Jno. bap. Mar.
15, 1667-8. 3. Sarah, bap. July 31, 1670. 4. Aaron, bap.
Aug. 4, 1672. 5. Job, bap. Oct. 4, 1674, owned land S. of
" Old Pond," which he sold in part to Jona. Pratt, in 1696.
6. Patience, bap. Mar. 18, 1676, her mo. being then a wid.

5. Aaron, s. Thos. 3, m. Mary Woodworth, 1667, and, it is
said, lived at the " Green field." (Deane.) ch. : 1. Rebecca,
Dec. 12, 1679. 2. Moses, Feb. 24, 1681, m. Rachel Cudworth,
1711, and had Moses, 1718 ; Aaron, 1720 ; Rachel, 1723 ; and
Leah, 1725. 3. Mary, Mar. 11, 1683. 4. Elizab., Aug. 27,
1686. 5. Ebenezer, Aug. 10, 1689. 6. Lydia, Mar. 27, 1693.

y^/p ^ s.Aaron 5, m.

6. G v fryifr^&fr 'djt/rri aryL&S LJdia Kenfc'

If 1714, and, it

is said, lived
where the widow of Charles Simmons now resides, in South
Scituate. ch. : 1. Abigail, 1715. 2. Joshua, 1717. 3. Ly-
dia, 1719. 4. Elizab., 1724. 5. Sam'l., 1725, moved to Ct.

SIMMONS. 873

6. Reuben, 1726, sett, at Nutter Hill, in H'm. 7. Peleg, 1728.
8. Ebenezer ?, lived on his father's place.

(l *>s/ , P* s- Ebenezer 6, m. Elizabeth

7. ^>W« /wW^Dlngham) November, 11,

U 1742, and lived in H.,

first in a house in the pasture back of where Dan'l. Chapman now
resides, and then in a house which recently stood where stands
that of Mr. C. His w. d. July 18, 1797, ae. 76, and he, Mar.
. 4, 1807, ae. 88. He was a memb. of the Com'e. of Safety in
the Rev'n., and Selectman, in 1775, &c. ch. : 1. Joshua, Mar.

5, 1743, d. Mar. 6, 1819. 2. Elizab., Ap. 14, 1746, d. Sep. 11,
1824. 3. iydia, Aug. 23, 1749. 4. Eben'r., Dec. 27, 1751,
d. June 11, 1754. 5. Eben'r., Ap. 11, d.' Oct. 7, 1754. 6.
Mary, Sep. 26, 1755, m. Jno. H. Thacher, of Barnstab. , Sep. 29,
1795, and d. Ap. 28, 1814, no ch. 7. Sam'L, Nov. 1, 1757, d-
Sep. 17, 1762. 8. Elisha, June 16, 1759. 9. Lydia, July 14, ,
1763, m. Benj. Bailey, June 13, 1793, and d. Jan. 16, 1805.
10. Wm. , Feb. 25, d. May 4, 1766. f

« £^ s ^ s- Joslma 7'

(j isf^f? Cc c/ C*^7^?^>7O~tt<0 ni. Martha

Hersey, of
H'm., and d. in H., Mar. 14, 1825, ae. 80. Lived in part of
his father's house. ch. : 1. Hon. William., July, 9, 1782,
grad. H. C, 1804, m. Lucia Hammett, of Plym'h., lived in
Bos'n. ; was Judge of the Police Court ; and was fa. of Wm. , ed. ;
Rev. Geo. F. ; Chas. F., lawyer, Bos'n. ; Henry, d. ; and Mar-
tha. 2. Eben'r., Oct. 18, 1785. 3. Martha, Mar. 19, 1789,
d. Feb. 1833. 4. Elisha, Dec. 1, 1790, d. Nov. 26, 1792. 5.
Elisha, Nov. 19, 1793, was a merchant, and *d. unm. in Bos'n.

6. Benj. H., Dec. 20, 1796, m., and d. in N. Or's., leaving 4
sons. 7. Geo. W., Feb. 20, 1800, merchant, in N. Y'k. Not
m. 8. Elizab-., Oct. 5, 1802, living in Boston. 9. Joanna, Oct.
5, 1802, m. Thos. Stevenson, of Bos'n., June 22, 1824. 10,
Franklin, of Bos'n., not m.

374 SLASON — SMITH.

(Eben'r., Esq.,) s.

9 JPj? ^ J? ' Elisha 8, m. 1, So-

- <^^ „ ^^^^ o^> ?h.a Richmond) of

Prov., R. I.; and 2, Mary H., wid. of Step. Curtis, of Scit., Aug. 23,
1835, who d. Ap. 30, 1837, and he, in Nov, 1840. Lived on
Wash'n. st., where his son Perez now resides, was a merchant ;
Selectman of the Town for 6 y'rs. ; Rep. to the Gen'l. Ct. in
1835 ; and a man of enterprise and ability, eh. : 1. Perez, Esq.,
grad. B. IL, 1833, and sett, as a lawyer, first in Prov., R. L, and
then in H. in 1842. Has been Selectman of H. since 1849 ;
was Rep. in 1852 ; one of the Comis's. of Insolvency, for
Plym'h. Co.; is chosen as one of the Delegates, to the Convention
to revise the Const'n. of Mass., which is to meet inBis'n., in May,
1853 ; — m. Adaline, da. of Jno. Jones, of So. Scit., and has Jno.
F., June 26, 1851, and a da., b. Mar. 5, 1853. (By 2d w.) 2.
Eben'r., Feb. 12,1837.

10. Capt. Thos., s. Sam'L, of Scit., gr. s. Peleg, and gr. gr. s.
of Eben'r. 6, m. Bethia Gray, Dec. 1, 1816, lives on Wash'n.
St., in the N. E. part of the town ; and was formerly a trader,
and a man of successful enterprise, ch. : 1. Bethia, Nov. 14,
1817. 2. Thos., July 18, d. Nov. 21, 1819. 3. Warren, July
13, 1821. 4. Rebecca, Jan. 9, 1824.

SLASON, Rev. Wm, N., sometime Pastor of the Bap. Soc. of
H., is s. Sylvanus and Mary Slason, of Yt., and was b. Feb. 26,
1809. He stud, for the ministry, under Rev. Dr. Barlow, and at
the Newton Seminary, and has been sett, at Goffstown, N. H.,
Parsonsfield, Me., and elsewhere. He m. Hannah E. Jackson, of
Camb., Mass., Jan*. 7, 1833, and has, 1. Wm. T., Dec. 5, 1833 ;
and 2. Francis W., June 11, 1836. Lives on Main st., in the
house built by himself in 1852.

SMITH, Rev. Thos., of Pemb., b. Feb. 6, 1706, s. Joseph, of
Yarmouth, Mass., grad. H. C. 1725, m. Judith, da. Josiah Miller,
Aug. 28, 1734, and was sett, first in Yarmouth, and then in Pemb.,
where he d. ch. : 1, Mary, May 18, 1735, m. Rev. Isa. Duns-
ter, of Harwich. 2. Josiah, Feb. 26, 1738. 3. Joseph, Nov.

smith. 375

22,1740. 4. Thos., July 25, 1742, drowned in the river Elbe,
in Europe, Dec. 19, 1767. 5. Josh., July 27, 1744, d. at sea,
during the Rev'n. 6. Nathl., b. and d. 1746. 7. Judith, Nov.
4, 1747, in. Rev, Saml. Angier, E. Bridg'r. ; no ch. 8. Thank-
ful, Feb. 26, 1749, d. unm., Ap. 2, '98. 9. Nathl., Feb. 16,
1752, m. Elizab. Bass, of Bos n., Ap. 27, 1806, and was fa. of
Nathl., Esq., T. C. of Penib., and a scientific and tasteful agri-
culturist, as his beautiful residence in P. abundantly testifies ; m.
Susan S., da. Luther Briggs, and has Moses B., and Susan A.
10. Edward, May 16, 1754, d. unrn. 11. Catherine, Mar. 21,
1756, m. Isaac Thomas, Pemb., and had 2 ch. 12. Christ'r.,
Dec. 22, 1757, d. of the small pox, July 10, 1781, at Hfx., N. S.

2. Dea. Josiah, s. Be v. Thos., m. Mary Barker, of P., June
15, 1760, and d. Ap. 4, 1803, ae. 65, and his wid. who was b.
May 2, 1740, d. Nov. 15, 1813, ae. 73. ch. : 1. Miller, June
22, 1761, d. Sep. 30, 1779. 2. Albert, Mar. 22, 1763. 3.
Bowen, Aug. 27, 1764, sett, in Nova Scotia. 4. Josiah, Mar. 2,
1767. 5. Thos., May 31, 1769, d. May 30, 1774. 6. Elizab.,
May 9, 1771, m. Chas. Briggs, of P., and d. Nov. 16, 1798. 7.
Ruth B., Ap. 12, 1773, m. Jno. Barker, of P. 8. Thos., Mar.
22, 1775, d. unm. in Nova Scotia. 9. Mary, Mar. 9, 1777, m.
Bachelor Wing, Nov. 28, 1805. 10. Elisha, June 21, 1779, m.
Mary Bass, of Bos 'n., and had, Mary, m. a Cushing ; Joseph, &-
in France ; Elizab., m. Jno. Pillsbury, of Lowell ; Marg't., m. Josh.
Loring, Cashier Blackstone Bank, Bos'n. ; Jane, m. Jno. H.
Batchelder, Dentist, Salem ; Cordelia, m. Wm. R. Pearmain,
Cashier Chelsea Bank; and Sarah A., who m. a Lazell. 11.
Miller, Feb. 9, 1782, m. Jane, da. Dav. Stockbridge, Esq.,
had Jane S., m. Gen. A. W. Oldham, of Pemb. ; and the fa. d.
Dec. 23, 1818, being washed overboard at sea, near the " Three
Sand Hills," on the coast of N. Carolina.

3. Capt. Joseph, s. Rev. Thos., m. 1, — Walsworth, and 2.
Bathsheba Torrey, and had, 1, Capt. Sylvanus, of Dux'y.
Joshua, d. unm. (By 2d,) 3. Lucia, living in H'n. 4. Bath
sheba, m. Eleazer Carver, Bridg'r. 5. Christ'r., m. a da. of Maj.
Wilder, and d. at sea, leaving no ch. 6. Judith, d. unm. 7.

■?

376 SMITH.

Joseph, Ap. 12, 1791, not m. 8. Capfc. Joshua, Aug. 23, 1793,
for several years one of the Board of County Commis's. for Plym'h.
Co., was in., lived in H'n., had ch., and d., and his desct's. are in
H'n. 9. Dea. Thos., of H'n., May 31, 1795. 16. Thankful, Nov.
30, 1797, m. Elb. Keith, E. Bridg'r. 11. Catherine, d. unm.

</?J/ /kf C^f^ (Hon- Alberfc') s' Dea' Jo"

4- (y^l^tM/^f2^f>^ siah 2> m* Anne L'> da*
— ~~V ~J Capt. Rob't. L. Eells,

Aug. 23, 1787, and d. May 28, 1823, and his wid., May 7,
1835. (See p. 163.) ch. : 1. Anne L., Oct. 4, 1788, m. Nathl.
Crooker, Mar. 9, 1808, who d. Jan. 20, 1847, and she, Dec. 12,
1846. 2. Joseph, Mar. 30, 1790, a Commodore, in the U. S.
Navy, and Chief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards ; lives in
Wash'n., D. C, m. Harriet Bryant, of Me., and has ch. 3.
Albert Esq., Jan. 3, 1793, grad. B. U., 1813, is an eminent law-
yer, in Wash'n., D. C, m. Roxa, da. Rev. Calvin Chaddock,
June 24, 1814, and has ch. 4. Mary, Oct. 21, 1795, m. Capt.
David Whittier,of Belfast, Me., Sep. 27, 1815, and d. July 19,
1848, ae.53, and her husb. Oct. 8,1849,ae. 61. 5. John, Dec.
10, 1797, d. Sep. 5, 1813. 6. Thos. M., Aug. 15, 1799, d. Jan.
7, 1803. 7. Elizab., Mar. 20, 1801, m. Saml. Salmond, of H.,
July 26, 1826. 8. Sarah B., Nov. 25, 1802, d. same month. 9.
Sarah B., Jan. 7, 1808, m. Joseph Eells, jr., Mar. 11, 1827.

5. Josiah, s. Dea. Josiah 2, m. 1, Nabby, da. Capt. Robert L.
Eells, Mar. 13, 1794, who d. Aug. 3, 1812 ; and 2, Jane, da.
Jere. Smith, and d. in H., Ap. 24, 1842, ae. 75, and his wid. in
1850. ch. : 1. Nabby E., Aug. 26, 1795, m. Theodore Whitney,
of Niagara, N. Y. 2. Lucy W., Nov. 12, 1796, m. Dr. Wm. L.
Loring, Dux'y. 3. Ruth C, Jan. 2,1798. 4. Elizab. B., May 20,
1799, m. Ambrose Packard, Niagara, N. Y. 5. Mary L., Oct. 26,
1801, m. Edward E. Nash, of Medford, Mass., and d. in Arkansas.
6. Josiah M., Feb. 12, 1803, m. Frances Waterman, Scit., and
lives in H., at the Corners, in the new house erected by himself.
Noch.

6. Chas., s. Wm. E., m. Betsey Phillips, of H., and lives in
H'n., on Walnut st., is a shoemaker by trade, ch. : 1. Betsey E.,

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July 4, 1832. 2. Chas. W., May 30, 1834. 3. Jas. E., Feb. 9,
1838.

7. Wm. E., s. Wm. E., b. Feb. 27, 1801, m. Lucy, da. Jno.
Hatch, Nov. 6, 1842, lives in H., on Main st, and is a shoemaker
' by trade. Has one son, John S., Aug. 24, 1843.

SOPER, Cap't. Joseph, s. Thos. of Scit.,? 1690, wasb. 1703,
m. Lydia Stockbridge, Nov. 20, 1729, and d. in H., May 1, 1790,
. ae. 87. No ch. are recorded, but he was prob. fa. of Capt. Joseph,
b. 1737, who m. Ruth Curtis, 1760, lived on the hill, W. of Josiah
Bonney's, was an Offi. in the Rev'n., and Selectman for 14 yrs.
He d. Mar., 1804, ae. 67, and his w., Mar. 9, 1777. No ch.

SOULE, Abisha., s. Josiah, of Dux'y., (and a desc't. of George,
who came to N. Eng. in 1620,) was b. July 13, 1805, m. Frances,
da. Elij. Hobart, Esq., Ab'n., in Ap. 1825, lives on Main st., in
the house which stands where stood the Jno. Bailey homestead,
and has, 1. Sibyl H., Aug. 31, 1826, m. Gilbert Brooks, of H.
2. Caro. F., 1830, m. 1, Martin S. Torrey, May 3, 1846, and 2,
Spencer Binney, Sep., 1849. 3. Maria E., Feb. 13, 1833, m.
Henry C. Percival, Feb. 16, 1851, who d. in Cal'a., in 1852.

SPRAGUE, Melzar, s. Melzar, of Mf'd., and a desc't. of Fran-
cis, who arrived in N. Eng. in 1623, was b. in Mar. 1795, m. Mary
D., da. Nathan Dwelley, Nov. 28, 1820, kept store for a time on
Broadway, and now lives in Pemb. Had one son, Andrew J.?
July 14, 1823, d., ae. 18.

Note. Mr. S. is chosen as the delegate from Pemb., to the Conv'n., for
revising the Const'n., which is to meet in Bos'n., in May, 1853.

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STETSON.

%>£* r^^yWi^STETS0N' Cornet R°t>ert> the ancestor of the
" ^Stetsons of the U. S,, and a noted and valua-
ble man in his day, prob. came from Yorkshire, Eng'd., from which
county many of the first settlers of Scit. originated, and where,
according to Rev. R. Breare, the name is still extant, being found
in Richmond and other towns. Having already published a sketch
of this family, entitled " Records of the Stetson Family," we do
not deem it necessary to pursue its history at large here, and shall
therefore confine this notice chiefly to those that settled in Han-
over. We need only remark, that the Cornet had five -sons, who
left male issue, viz. : Joseph, Benjamin, ' Thomas, Samuel and
Robert. • •■ * t -&s^c ...

The descendants of the first of these — Joseph — settled princi-
pally in Scituate. A few resided in H., and these we shall give.
More of the descendants of Benjamin and Samuel, and a few of
those of Thomas, became residents of H. ; but none of those of
Robert. From the latter, however, descended Nahum Stetson,
Esq., of whom we have spoken on p. 229.

2. Robert, s. Robert, and a desc't. of Cornet Robert through
his eldest son Joseph, was b. Sep. 3, 1710, m. Hannah Tower, of
Pemb., in 1738, and lived on what is now Centre st., in a house

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lately torn down by Mr. Eben'r. Thayer. In 1746, he sold his
first place to Wm. Stetson, and moved to where Albert Stetson re-
sides. He had ch. ; but his desct's are mostly in Me.

3. Capt. Joseph, s. Saml., and a desc't. of the Cornet through
Joseph, was b. Mar. 25, 1724, m. Martha Gross, of Scit., in 1774,
and lived, for a time, on Water st., where Chas. Dyer resides, and
owned the mill and privilege where Perry's Tack works stand. He
was a soldier in the French war, and was at Cape Breton, at the
storming of the fort. He was a mariner for many years, and made
voyages to Holland, and other countries of Europe. His cla. Xoa,
b. in May, 1779, is yet living in H. ; also his son, Joseph, b. Aug.
27, 1787, who m. wicl. Betsey Whitman, of Wey'h., May 12, 1839,
lives on East st., and has Joseph F., 1840, and Martha j^., 1841.

4. Joshua, s. Joshua, and a desc't. of the Cornet through Joseph,
was b. Nov. 21, 1805, lives on Elm st., and is a shipwright by trade;
m. Debo. Josselyn, of Pemb., and has, 1. Eliza A., May 8, 1834,
d. Dec. 8, 1852. 2. Sarah J., July 25, 1836. 3. Debo. F.,
Mar. 28, 1839. 4. Lois A., July 27, 1842. 5. Joshua A.,
Dec. 2, 1845. 6. Andrew B., d. young.

5. Benj., s. Benj., and a desc't. of the Cornet through Capt.
Benj., his 2d son, was b. July 1, 1696, m. Lillis Turner ? of H.,
in 1725, who cl. June 1, 1755, ae. 84, and he, Aug. 31, 1758.
He was Selectman from 1747-49. His da. Desire, m. Caleb
Sylvester, in 1750, and Susanna, m. Abner Sylvester, in 1761.
His son Job, m. Haiinab Munroe, in 1762, and moved off. None
of the desct's. now remain in H.

6. Benj., s. Matt., and a desc't. of the Cornet through Capt.
Benj., was b. Ap. 7, 1740, m. 1, Bradbury Eells, Ap. 30, 1768,
who d/.Feb. 19, 1782 ; 2, Betsey Young, Nov. 8, 1784, who d.
June 9, 1813 ; and 3, Betsey Stockbridge. He is said to have
been a blacksmith by trade,' and to have lived near the centre of
the town. ch. : 1. Edward. 2. Bradbury, m. Benj. Dwelley,
1788. 3. Benj., m. Betsey Estes, Nov. 1, 1798, and d. Aug.
20, 1826, and his wicl. m. Josh. Gates, Aug. 10, 1828, and is d.
4. Mary, m. Saml. Plyer, Nov. 21, 1819, and lived on Broadway.
Four ch. d. VOU112;.

7. Edward, s. Benj. 6, m. Hannah, da. Dea. Israel Perry,
Jan. 1, 1799, was a blacksmith by trade, lived on Broadvray, and

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d. in May, 1846. His wid. is still living, ch. : 1. Edward, Nov.
3, 1800, of New Bedford. 2. Mary E., Ap. 17, 1803, d. Aug.
15, 1839. 3. Bradbury E., Ap. IT, 1803, d. Oct. 1835. 4:
Caroline, Nov. 25, 1805, m. Martin Church, in May, 1832. 5.
Martin W., Nov. 16, 1807. 6. Eliza, m. Sumner Setson, July
6, 1829. 7. Horace, Ap. 22, 1817, d. Aug. 14, 1842. 8.

Melissa, b. and d. 1815.

RESIDENCE OF MR. MARTIN STETSON.

8. Martin W., s. Edward 7, m. Ruth B., da. Lebbeus Stock-
bridge, in 1836. and lives on Broadway, in the house formerly
owned by Hon. Albert Smith, and previously by Dea. Joseph Jos-
selyn, a view of which is annexed. Mr. S. is a substantial and
enterprising farmer, and mechanic, and an esteemed and respected
citizen, ch. : 1. Ruth W., Jan. 27, 1838. 2. Mary T.', Aug.
1840. 3. Betsey H., June, 1841. 4. Edward P., Ap. 14, 1844.
5. Hannah P., May, 1848. 6. George A., Feb., 1850.

9. John, s. Abijah, and a desc't. of the Cornet through Capt.
Benj., was b. Ap. 17, 1731, and m. Thankful Curtis, Dec. 3, 1761,
who d. Eeb. 5, 1805, ae. 63, and he, Ap. 15, 1811, ae. 80. ch.:
1. Zilpha, m. Saml. Stetson. 2. Abig., 1765, m. Shuble Munroe,
1788, and d. 1812. 3. -Thankful, 1768, d. 1826. 4. Josh-
ua, Aug. 23, 1777. 5. Lebbeus, Ap. 27, 1783, sett, in Bos'n .
and has desct's. there. Two other ch. d. young.

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10. Josh., s. Jno. 9, m. Priscilla Dwelley, in 1804, was Se-
lectman 7 yrs., from 1813-'20, and is yet living, on Union st.,
near Stetson's Brook. His wife is d. ch. : 1. Angeline, July
11, 1805, m. George Gray. 2. Cassandra, July 11, 1805, m.
Win. Curtis, Dec. 3, 1826. 3. Avis D., Nov. 2, 1808, m. Jno.
Lane, of Ab'n., Dec. 22, 1831. 4. Dea. Jno., Aug. 26, 1811, a
shipwright, in Medford. 5. James, July 3, 1817. Lives in
Brighton.

11. Josh., s. Elijah, and a desc't. of Cornet Robert through
Thos., his 3d son, was b. May 12, 1713, m. Lillis, da. Benj. Stet-
son, July 8, 1747, and lived inll. ch. : 1. Lillis, Ap., 1748, m.
Saml. Stetson, of Pemb. 2. Lucinda, 1750. 3. Joshua, 1752,
prob. d. 1754.

12. Nathl., s. Elij., and bro. of Josh. 11, m. Mary Dillis, Ap.
1, 1735, and she d. in H., Ap. 20, 1796, ae. 91. He had a son
Nathl., who d. unm. ; and a da. who m. a Jenkins.

13. Luke, s. Elij., and bro. of Josh. 11, m. Ruth Howland, of
Dux'y., in 1762, who d. in 1764. He was a noted schoolmaster
in H., and had but one ch., a da. Ruth, b. 1763, who m. Asa
Soule, of Hf'x., Dec. 27, 1784. /

11 0 9^ <y1 %d-Jnis\ s* ^am^-5 4th son of Cornet Robert,

) y was b. in June, 1679, m. Rebecca

Turner, May 12, 1719, and sett, in H., near the Cent. M. Ho.,
where his desct's. still reside. He is culled " Drummer Stetson,"
on the Scit. Rec's., and was a somewhat noted man in his day,
his house being a tavern stand, and a famous place of resort. He
d. June 23, 1760, leaving 2 das., who d. unm., and a son Saml.

b. ab.,1725.

15. Satnl., s. Saml. 14, m. Alice Rogers, Dec. 14, 1766,
lived on his father's place, and d. Feb. 5, 1791, and his wid. May
29, 1820, ae. 76. He was Selectman in 1779, and '80. ch. :
1. Turner, Sep. 8, 1767. 2. Reuben, 1769, d. 1778. 3. Saml.,
May, 1772. 4. Rebecca, Sep. 10, 1776, m. Timo. Church, Nov.
27,1796. 5. Lydia, m. Ezek'l. Turner, Feb. 28, 1799, and d
July 15, 1819.

16. Turner, s. Saml. 15, in. Lydia Ruse, Feb. 1, 1795, and
was Selectman for 27 years, and Rep. in 1812, and '13. He

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lived at the corner of Plain and Circuit sts.. where his w. d. Jan.
22, 1819, ae. 50, and he, Feb. 25, 1844. ch. : 1. Turner, June
22, 1795, living in Michigan. 2. Ruth, Sep. 24, 1797, living in
H., unm. S. Ljdia R., b. and d. 1799. 4. Lydia, May 18,
1800, m. a Cobb, of Ab'n. 5. Aristides, Ap. 11, 1802, d. at the
West, Oct, 16, 1839. 6. Saml., 1805, d. 1806. 7. Alice, Feb.
11, 1808, a school teacher for many years. 8. Eliza, Oct. 1,
1811, m. Jno. Hatch, jr., Aug. 25, 1836.

17. Saml., s. Saml. 15, m. 1, Zilpha Stetson, Jan. 29, 1798,
who d. Jan. 5, 1807 ; and 2, Abig., cla. Shuble Munroe, in 1808,
and is yet living, on the old homestead, ch. : 1. Zilpha, b. 1799,

. 1800. 2. Albert, Esq., Aug. 8, 1802.- Selectman in 1840 and
41 ; m. Wealthy Perry, Nov. 29, 1830, lives near the Cent. M.
Ho., and had one da,, Zilpha, b. 1832, d. 1843. 3. Fanny, July
22, L805,m. Perez Perry, Nov. 2, 1828, and d. Mar. 19, 1831.
(By 2d,) 4. Zilpha, Jan. 1, 1809, m. Zenas Rogers, Feb. 20,
1832. 5. Reuben, Oct. 31, 1810, m. Ruth J., da. Amos Bates?
Ap. 26, 1846, lives in the Baldwin House, and has Ruth H., June
1847. 6. Chas., b. and d. 1812. 7. Abigail, July 26, 1813,
m. Jno. Little, Aug. 11, 1835, Lid d. June 5, 1850. 8.. John,
Jan. 15, 1815, m. Ann Hookway, of Syracuse, N. Y., July 20,
1843, and has Henry 3L, Ap. 20, 1844; Wm. K, May 14,
1847; Saml. T., Jan. 28, 1850; and Jno. E., Jan, 9, 1852.
Lost 1 ch., d. young, 9. Mary, Sep. 27, 1816. Not m. 10.
Saml., June 1, 18 L8, went to sea, and has not been heard from
for several years. 11. Melatiah C, b. 1820, d. 1825. 12. Re-
becca M., Jan. 18, 1822, m. Chas. Tower, and lives in H. 13.
Josiah, b. and d. 1823. 14. V latiah C, Feb. 28, 1825, m.
Nathl. P. Chamberlin, of II. 15. Jeremiah, May 10, 1826. .
Not m. 16. Henry M., b. 1827, cl. 1831. 17. Turner, Ap. 27,
1829. 18. Henry M., Dec. 29, 1832. 19. Lydia A., d.. ae. 3 mos.

18. Seth, s. Saml., 4th son of Cornet Robert, was b. in June,
1698, m. Eliza Rose, Ap. 19, 1727, and his w. d. Sep. 4, 1787,
ae. 83. ch. : 1. Elizab., 1732, d. unm. 2. Eli, d. 1734. 3.
Seth, June 4, 1735. 4. Thos., b. 1737, d. 1739. 5. Jere., Aug.
8, 1740, lived in H'n., where his desct's. sfill reside. 6. Thos.,
July 23, 1741. 7. Saml., b.1744, d. 1748.

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19. Seth, s. Scrii 1 S , m. Lucy Studley, Ap. 11, 1765, and
lived in the house which tood i here b of > . F. Cham-
berlin, on Centre st. ch : 1. B ;becc! , Dec. 17, 1 m. Clem-
ent Bates, Dec. 2 , 1733, and d. 1813, 5. Debo., Mar. 18,
1767, m. Jno. Bates, and moved to Me. 3. Hannah, Ap. 1,
1769, m. Saml. Bates, Mar. 27, 1791, and moved to Me. 4.
Nathl., Jan. 6, 1771. 5. Seth, Mar. 4, 1773, of Boxford, Mass.
6. Saml., Mar. 22, 1775. 7. Lucy, Feb. 11, 1777, m. Joseph
Tubbs, Aug. 18, 1797. 8. Thankful, June 7, 1" m. Freeman
Harden, Jan. 25, 1800. 9. Ezek'L, July 8, 1781, sett, in M
10. Reuben, 1784, d. 1793. 11. Martin, 1789, d. 1793. (±

20. Thos., s. Seth 18, m. Olive Mann, June 18, 1772,
d. July 20, 1819, and he Dec. 24, 1821.* ch. : 1. Thos., Mar
31, 1773, lives in H'n. 2. Olive, Mar. 20, 1775, m. Saml.
Beals, May 7, 1796, and moved to Me. 3. Ruth, Mar. 10, 1777,
m. David S. Whitman, Bridg'r., 1798. 4. Elizab., Jan. 30, 1780,
m. Calvin Bates, Aug. 2, 1801, and is d. 5. Lucinda, 1783, m.
Noah Mason, and is living a wid., in Ills. 6. Benj., 1786, d.
young. 7. Benj., Sep. 28, 1790. 8. Eli, Oct. 13, 1794, a
millwright by trade, is m., and lives in H'n., near his bro. Thomas.

21. Nathl., s. Seth 19, m. 1, Temperance Curtis, Nov. 7,
1793, who d. Nov. 6, 1808 ; and 2, Joanna Pratt, Mar. 7, 1811,
and had ch. : 1. Nathl., Ap. 17, 1795, lives in Me. 2. Elisha
C, May 3, 1797, m. Betsey Barstow, Jan. 14, 1816, and d. Jan.
21, 1845, and his wid. m. Lewis Litchfield, of H, 3. Saml.,
June 28, 1799, lives in Mf'd. 4. Seth, Sep. 18, 1802, m. De-
sire O. Palmer, Ap. 17, 1832, lives on Cross st. is a shoemaker,
and has Seth (7., June 9, 1836 ; Wm. TF., Ap. 13, 1838 ; NatM.
if., Mar. 1, 1843, d.; Abby If, Aug. 25, 1844; Mary E.,
Aug. 10, 1846 ; Martha 31., June 1849 ; and Emetine O., Ap.
1852. 5. Harrison, i shoemaker, lives on Cross st., m. Olive
L. Smith, of Catskill, N. Y.. and has Sarah (7., Jan. 31, 1843 ;
Joanna P., May 2, 1845 ; ilannah E., Ap. 5, 1847 ; Tlieodore*
Ap. 29, 1850 ; and Win. L., Mar. 13, 1852. 6. Temperance
C, m. Hiram Munroe, of H., May 6, 1832.

22. Benj., s. Thos. 20, m. Lucy Bates, Sep. 10, 1820, is a
millwright by trade, and was Selectman in 1835, and '36 ; lives

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on Centre st 1. Olive, J. n. 30, 1821, m. Peabody

Little. 2. . . 31, 1825, m Wm. Whiting, and lives

in H'n. 3. ; , 1837.

23. Natl : 4th s. of Cornet Robert, was b. in June,

1700, m. Rebac o, Feb. 13, 1738, and d. July 28, 1753,

and his wid, m. rid Cudworth, of Scit., in 1760. ch. : 1.
Freelove, 1738, m. Theoph. Witherell, 176}, and d. 1824. 2.
Rebecca, 1743, m. 1, Joseph Studiey, 17(5, who d. the same
year ; and 2, Elisha Witherell, Dec. 30, 1772, and moved to
Chesterfield. 3. Ruth, 1746, m. Jona. Bates, of Rochester, 1771.

STOCKBMDGE FAMILY,

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a wheelwright . ty
trade, came to xH .
Eng., in the Blessing,
John Leicester, master, in June 1635, being then 27 years of
a^e, and his wife Anne, ae. 21, and his son Charles, ae. 1. Sev-
eral of the early settlers of Scit. came in the same vessel, among
whom were elder Thos. King, Gilbert and Wm. Brooks, and Mr.
Wm. Yassall. The fa. was in Scit. in 1638, at which date he
took the oath of fidelity. His 1st. w. d. ab. 1642, and he m.

2, wid. Elizab. Soan, 1643, and 3, Mary . He was one of

the Conihasset partners in 1646, and had a house near to John
Hollet's, which is supposed to have been a few rods S. W. of the

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late residence of Jesse Dunbar, Esq. He also owned a large,
tract of land, purchased of Abraham Sutliffe, near " Sto . .j's

mill-pond,', so called, on the north and east. In 1656, he pur-
chased half the mill privilege of George Russell, with the ciaw-
mill, which Isaac Stedmanhad erected ten years
built a grist-mill, in partnership with Mr. Russell, in the same
year, probably, he \ uilt the Stockbridge Mansion Hou3e, -which
was a garrison in Philip's War. This venerable building was
torn down a few years since, and in some of its timbers, were
found bullets, fired at the inmates by the Indians. The will of
the fa. is dated at Boston, in 1657, and in it he gives, " To eld-
est son Chas., my water-mill, at Scit., house, ground, and orchard
belonging to it, he paying to his sis. Elizab. £10, &c. To wife
Mary, house and land at Bos'n., and the house in wh. Gilbert
Brooks lives, at Scit., with the land adjoining ; the same to be for
her use through life, and then to belong to s. Jno., in case he
survives his mo., he giving to his sis. Mary <£10 ; — if he should
not survive, the aame to be equally divided among the rest of the
ch. To da. Hester, the house in wh. Wm. Ticknor lives, at Scit.,
with the ground and orchard, and land at Brushy Hill, and at the
4th Cliff. To da. Han'h., w. of Wm. Ticknor, 40s. To da. Sa
rah, c',10 at marriage, or at the age of 21, &c. To w. Mary,
the j_ jusehold goods, and to s. Chas., the working tools." From
the Bos'n. Rec's., we learn, that the fa. d. 13 d. 8 mo. 1657.
7:h: Inv'y of his Est. is on the Prob. Rec. Suff., vol. 8, p. 117.
ch : 1. Chas., b. in Eng'd., in 1634. 2. Hannah, 1636, m.
&>rg'i Wm. Ticknor, 1656. (By 2d,) 3. Elizab., 1644, m
Thos. Hiland, Jan. 1, 1661. 4. Sarah, 1645, m. Jos. Wood-
worth, Jan. 6, 1669. 5. Hester, 1647. (By 3d,) 6. Abig.,
1655. 7. Jno., b. in Bos'n., July 9, 1657, prob. d. young.

2. Chas.,s. Jno., m. Abig. , and lived first in Bos'n., and

Chas'n., but aft. in Scit., on his father's place. He is said to
have built, by contract, the 2d water-mill in the Town of Ply-
mouth, in 1676 ; also the corn-mill on the 3d Herring Brook,
alluded to on p. 21. He d. 1683, and his wid. m. Amos Turner,
ch. ; 1. Chas., b. in Bos'n., Dec. 2, 1659, d. Feb. 1, 1659-60.
2. Abig., b. at Chas'n., "Feb. 24, 1660-1, m. Henry Josselyn,

386 STOCKBMDGE.

Noy. 4. 1670. 8. John, 1661 ? d. young. 4. Chas., Feb. 4,
1663. 5. Sarah, Maj 30, 1665, m. Is'l. Turner. 6. Thos., Ap.

6, 166T. 7. Elizab., Aug. 13, 1670, m. David Turner. 8. Jos.,
June 28,1672. 9. Benj., Oct. tf, lQjT- 10. SamL, July 9,
1679. ' *''.'■.

3. Chas., s. Chas. 2, inherited part of his father's mill, on the
3d Herring Brook, and lived in that vicinity. The name of his
wife, we have not learned. He was Selectman in H., in 1727,

»nd prob. d. Ap. 7, 1731. (H. Ch. Rec.) He left no son that
survived, but had several da's. These were, 1. Rachel, Ap. 9,
1690. 2. Mary, Aug. 11, 1692. 3. Abig., Mar. 22, 1694-5,
m. Gilbert Brooks? Mar. 12, 1718. 4. Hannah, Jan. 30,
1697-8, prob. d. unm., Sep. 19, 1788, ae. 90 ? 5. Ruth, July
30, 1700, m. Hon. Jno. Gushing. 6. Experience, Jan. 1, 1703-4.

7. Judith, July 19, 1706. 8. Chas., Oct. 13, 1709, bap. Mar.
13, 1710, "being sick" ; probably d.

4. Thos., s. Chas. 2, m. Sarah, da. Thos. Reed, of Wey'h.,
July 28, 1697, (H'm. Rec.,) and lived in Scit, where Eph'm.
Stetson now resides. He is called Ensign, on the Rec. 2d Ch.,
in 1708. His wid. d. Sep. 7, 1758. ch. : 1. Sarah, Ap. 25,
1699. 2. Mary, Mar. 31, 1701. 3. Thos., Feb. 13, 1702-3^
4. Debo., June 21, 1705. 5. Anne, May 31, 1710. 6. Micah,
Nov. 22, 1714, m. Mary Jones, Nov. 30, 1738, and had Isaac,
b. and d. 1740 ; Kezia, bap. Jan. 10, 1742, being sick ; and per-
haps others. 7. Sarah, Oct. 26, 1718, m. Henchman Sylvester,
1747.

NotS "Was there a da. Lydia, m. Joseph Soper, Nov. 20, 1729 ?

s. Chas. 2, m. Marg't., da.
Jos. Turner, and lived first
in H., and then in Pemb.,
wh«)re Capt. Haviland Torrey now resides. He was Dea. of the
Ch. in H. for many years, and a man of activity, intelligence and
usefulness. His w. d. Mar. 27, 1747, and he, Mar. 11, 1773,
ae. 100 ! Whilst in H., he was Selectman, from 1731-35. ch. :
1. Joseph, Oct. 1, 1698. 2. Grace, 1700? m. Jno. Thaxter,

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H'm., Jan. 15, 1719. (H'm, Red;) 3. John, Lap. July 2, 1704.
4. Barsbua, bap. Dec. 1, 1706. 5. Marg't., bap. Oct. 31, 1708,
m. Dea. Saml. Barstow, 1731. 6. Lusanna, bap. N07. 25,
1711. 7. David, 1713 ?

m

Note. "VYas tliere. another da., Abigail, who m. Jona. Turner, iTov. 15,
1738?

6. Benj., s. Chas. 2, m. Mary Tilden, 1701, succeeded to the
Stockbridge mansion in Scit., and there lived and d. His son
Benj., b. 1704, was the 2d regularly bred phys n. sect, in Scit.,
being educated under Dr. Bulfinch, of Bos'n., and having a prac-
tice extending all over the Old Colony, and even to Worcester,
and Ipswich. He also educated many in Med., from Bos'n.,
and other places, among whom was the distinguished Dr. Isaac
Otis, who aft. m. his da. The w. of Dr. Benj., was Ruth, da.
Job Otis ; and by her, he had but one s. that survived, Dr. Chas.,
b. 1734, also a phys'n. of high reputation, and a gent, of pleasing
manners, and accomplished in literature. His s., Dr. Chas., b.
1790, d. early, at the outset of his professional career ; and with
him, this branch of the family, in the male line, became extinct.

7. Saml., s. Chas. 2, m. Lydia, da. Wm. Barrell, 1703, and
sett, at Mt. Blue, in IJpit., in which vicinity some of his desct's.
yet reside. He left a son Saml., who m. Sarah Tilden, Nov. 1,
1737, and who was fa. of James, Lydia, Sarah and others. The
son Jas., d. in 1819, leaving ch.

s. Thos. 4,

r~r> *J Hannah, —

s&^J*^ anf] jjve(j on kjg

£S father's place,

by the 3d. Herring Brook, ch. : 1. Thos., bap. Aug. 6, 1725,
d. unm. 2. Hannah, bap. Sep. 2(3, 1725. 3. Stephen, bap.
Mar. 24, 1734, m., but had no ch., and d. in 1800.

n( <^?)_/v /J^) s* Jcseph 5' m* 1' De~

/ TjICuBhiDg, Jan., 1736,
who d. 1747; and 2, Jane Reed, and lived in II., where
the new house of E. Q, Sylvester stands, near N. River

388 STOCKERIDGE.

bridge, where he d. Dec. 13, 1788, ae. 75. He was Rep. from
1749-'56, and fr. 1760-62, and 72 ; T. C. from 1744-74 ; J.
P. under king George for many years ; and was an extensive land
holder, a man of large estate, a valuable citizen, eminently useful,
and thoroughly versed in everything pertaining to public affairs.
His Justice Records are still in existence, and are in the posses-
sion of his gr. s., Lebbeus, of H. ch. : 1. Joseph, Aug. 20, 1737,
grad. H. C, 1755, and d. at Falmouth, Me., Ap. 5, 1761, where he
was established as a lawyer. He was also Reg. of Prob. for the
Co. of Cumberland. 2. Betsey, Ap. 22, 1739, m. 1, Job Young,
and 2, Benj. Stetson. 3. Jno., Dec. 7, 1741, killed in the woods
by the fall of a tree. 4. Wm, Dec. 20, 1752. 5. David, 1755.
6. Debo., Aug. 18, 1761, m. Capt. Marlboro Turner, Jan. 7,
1790.

^ / /,-v»i -/? / / ' ^/^ s. David 9, m. Ruth, da.

io v/.v\J&M«xt^^ Bailey; 0ct. 9i i774>

who d. Dec. 10, 1839, and he Feb. 20, 1831. He lived first on
Broadway, where Levi Perry now resides ; then on King st., where
Geo. Bailey lives ; and finally sett, on Curtis, now Main st., and
built the house occupied by his son Lebbeus. In 1798 he was the
greatest landholder then in H. ; and was a man of ready wit, live-
ly and sociable in his habits, an agreeable companion, and an in-
dustrious and upright citizen. He was Selectman in 1812. ch. :
1. Joseph, Oct. 1, 1775, a merchant, d. unm. in N. Yarmouth,
Me., Ap. 13, 1804. 2. Ruth, Nov. 8, 1777, m. Jos. Ramsdell,
Feb. 3, 1800, and moved to Warren, Mass. 3. John. Ap. 18, 1780.
4. Wm. R., June 29, 1782. 5. Calvin, Sep. 19, 1784. 6.
Lebbeus, Nov. 29, 1787. 7. Betsey, m. Homer Ramsdell, Oct,
27, 1816, and is living in Warren, with her son Wm. 8. Silvia
B., Mar. 1, 1793, d. June 28, 1795. 9. Marcia, Ap. 7, 1795,
m. Sam'l. G. Bowman, of Bath, Me., May 19, 1816, and had
Nath'L, July 28, 1817, a lawyer, d. at the South ; Sani'l. 8.,
Aug. 27, 1818, m. Miss Hoover, and is in Louisiana ; Rutli E.,
Sep. 17, 1820, m. Lt. Jos. F. Green, U. S. N. ; Wm. S.-9 Sep.
9, 1822, d. young ; Wm. IT., Nov. 18, 1823, m. Helen L. Ran-
dall, of Bath, and lives at the South ; Marcia $., Feb. 9, 1826,
m. Nath'l. C. A. Jenks, of N. Yar'h., Me. ; Sarah W., Feb. 10,

STOCKBRIDGE. 389

1828 ; Francis J., May 9, 1830 ; Orville B., Dec. 13, 1832 ;
and Howard J)., Dec. 7, 1835, d. young. Mr. B., the fa., d. in
Bath, Mar. 29, 1841, ae. 50. 10. Stephen, Ap. 3, 1797, d. May
14, 1818. 11. Luther, May 19, 1801, d. Mar. 26, 1802.

11. Hon. David, s. David 9, m. Ruth, da. Hon. Jos. Cushing,
Dec. 23, 1779, who d. Ap. 14, 1833, and he Feb. 26, 1843.
Lived on his father's place ; was Selectman in 1782, '89, '99, and
1800 ; T. C. from 1793-98 ; Rep. 1794 ; in the Mass. Sen.
1818 ; and a gent, of fine talents, sociable habits, and correct
deportment, eh. : 1. Jane R., Oct. 6, 1780, m. Miller Smith,
Pemb., Sep. 15, 1803. 2. Benj., Nov. 7, 1781, m. Mary Crook
er, Jan. 26, 1814, who d. Mar. 1, 1818, and he Oct. 16, 1847,
having had Mary B., d. Mar. 4, 1817 ; Benj., d. young ; and
Mary T., m. Rob't. Eells,*Jan. 20, 1838. 3. David, Nov. 25,
1783, m. Sarah B. Crooker, July 28, 1811, and has Caroline,
Sep. 13, 1812, m. Benj. White, Fairhaven, Feb. 15, 1833 ; Ma-
ria T., Dec. 28, 1814, m. Capt. Jas. Gouch, Mar. 7, 1836, sett,
in Ills., andd. in Oct., 1852 ; Jno., Aug. 23, 1816, of N. Haven,
Ct, ; and Geo. M., Dec. 6, 1821, in Cal'a. 4. Martin, Dec. 20,
1785, m. wid. Thurza Reed, who d., leaving him no ch., and he
lives in Scit. 5. Horatio, Ap. 27, 1788. 6. Debo., Nov. 4,
1790, m. Thos. Turner, Pemb., May 10, 1811, and is living a
wid., in H., with her son Thos. 7. Ruth, Mar. 23, 1793, m. Jas.
Turner, and is living a wid., in H. 8. Joseph C, July 4, 1798,
m. 1, Ann W. Clark, Dec. 29, 1833, who d. Jan. 26, 1837 ; and
2, Pamelia Ford, Dec. 13, 1838 ; lives at the Corners ; was school
teacher for sev. years ; and has, 1. Ann E., Oct. 17, 1834. 2.
Jos. C, Nov. 3, 1836. (By 2d,) 3. Pamelia F., Nov. 13, 1839,
d. Oct. 5, 1841. 4. Amelia F., Feb. 18, 1843. 5. Emma B.,
Sep. 24, 1846. I °£

12. Dr. John, s. Wm. 10, stud. Med. with Dr. Gad Hitch-
cock, of Pemb., Mass., and sett, in Topsham, Me., 1804, and
moved to Bath, in 1805, where he d. May 3, 1849, ae. 69. He
m. 1, Theodosia, da. Rev. Tristram Gilman, of N. Yar'h., Oct.
15, 1805, who d. Nov. 4, 1822, ae. 34 ; and 2, Eliza L, da. Hon.
Jno. Russell, of Bos'n., (for many years ed. and prop, of the
Bos'n. Com'l. Gaz.) Jan. 5, 1824. She survives. Mr. S. was

390 STOCKBRIDGE.

devoted to his profession, and in some of its branches became
highly distinguished. He received the honorary degree of M.
D., at Dart. Coll. in 1822, and was in practice 48 yrs. He was
a scientific and successful practitioner, a consistent and devoted
friend, and an honest and upright man. ch. : 1. Tristram G.,
Aug. 28,1806, rec'd. the degree of M. D. atBowd. Coll., 1827,
is a distinguished surgeon and physician in Bath, and m. Mary R.
P., da. Capt. Neh. Harding, of Bath. No ch. 2. Jno. W., Ap.
27, 1811, living in N. Orleans. 3. Marcia E., Mar. 25, 1815, d.
Sep. 18, 1823. 4. Mary G., June 12, 1818, m. Capt. Wm.
Drummond, of Bath, Oct, 30, 1848, and had 1 ch., b. 1849, d.
1851. 5. Theodosia, Sep. 20, 1819, living in Hanover, N. H.
6. Francis B., Dec. 27, 1821, d. Feb. 28, 1823. (By 2d.,) 7.
Francis B., Ap. 9,1826. 8. Cornelia R., Dec. 18,1827. 9.
Joseph II., Feb. 18, 1831. 10. Marcia E., Oct. 27, 1832. The
last ch., with their mo., are living at the West.

13. Wm. R., s. Wm. 10, m. Olive True, of N. Yar'h., Me.,
and was one of the oldest and most eminent merchants in that
town, with his bro. Calvin. He was also engaged in ship-build-
ing and navigation ; and was a man of active habits, and highly
esteemed by the community in which he lived. The follow-
ing record of his ch. is from Mr. Wm. Dawes : — 1. Maria,
m. Dr. Nelson H. Carey, of Me., a native of Bridg'r., Mass.
2. Marcia, m. Mr. Ring, Merchant, of Calais, Me. 3. Rev. Jo-
seph, grad. Bowd. Coll., and stud, law, but is now a chaplain in
the U. S. N., and resides with his family, at Bridgeport, Ct. He
m. an Everett, of N. Yar'h. 4. Wm., grad. at the Waterville
Inst., stud. Med., and is sett, as a Phys'n. at the West. Not m.
5. Olive, not m. 6. Sam'l., edu. as a merchant, but is now liv-
ing, an invalid, in Me.

14. Calvin, s. Wm. 10, m. Rachel W. Rogers, of Mf d., and was
a merchant in N. Yarmouth., Me., and Dea. of the Baptist
Church, and died in Me., in May, 1833. A man of warm
religious feelings ; influential in the denomination to which he be-
longed ; of a benevolent heart, and upright and honest, ch. : 1.
Wm. C, d. young. 2. Jno. C, ent. at Brunswick, but grad. at B.
XL, 1838 ; had charge of the female dept. of a seminary at War-

STOCKBRIDGE. 391

ren, R. I. ; and sett, as a clergyman, first in Waterville, Me., in
1844, then in Woburn, Mass., 1847, and is now in Prov., R. I. ;
m. Mary T., da. Suchet Mauran, of Warren, R. I., and has Mary
S., and Annie. W. . 3. Wales R., Mar., 1821, auctioneer, Bos'n.,
of the firm of Holt k Stockbridge ; m. Marg't. T. Southwick, of
Vassalboro', Me., and has Arthur B., Nov. 25, 1851. 4. Ed-
ward A., Sep. 1831, in Bos'n.

15. Lebbeus, s. Wm. 10, m. Lydia, da. Capt. Leavitt Lane,
of H'm., in 1810, lives on his father's place on Main st;, and
is a farmer, ch. : 1. Wm., Nov. 5, 1812, m. Mary A. Damon,
lives with his fa,, and has FretTk. W., Aug. 7, '1842, d. Jan. 17,
1853 ; Frauds J"., Oct. 3, 1844, d. Aug. 24, 1847 ; Elizab. A.,
Mar. 8, 1847 ; Frank, June 30, 1849 ; and Mary J,., Aug. 11,
1852. 2. Leavitt L., May 5, 1815, a shipmaster ; m. Abby W.,
da. Dr. Melzar Dwelley, July 4, 1844, and has Geo. F., Dec. 13,
1845 ; Ellen F., Feb. 18, 1848, d. Jan. 10, 1850 ; and Chas.L.,
Ap. 3, d. Nov. 2, 1850. 3. Ruth B., Dec. 5, 1818, m. Martin
W. Stetson, Dec. 1, 1836. 4. Lebbeus, Feb. 15, 1825, a mari-
ner for the past 8 yrs., m. Mary T. Sylvester, June 24, 1849,
lives on Broadway, and has iftfoflm W., May 13, 1850. 5. Lydia
L., Aug. 25, 1827. 6. Sarah L., Jan. 3, 1830, a school-teacher
in Baltimore, Md.

16. Dr. Horatio, s. Hon. David, 11, at the age of 15, went to
the Acad, at Bridg'r., under the charge of Mr. Zach. Eddy, and
thence to the Acad, at Rochester, under the charge of Rev. Cal-
vin Chaddock ; and in 1804, ent. H. Coll., where he remained two
yrs., after wh. he commenced the study of med., under Dr. Free-
man Foster, of Scit., with whom he remained 2 yrs., and subse-
quently, was with the distinguished Dr. Jas. Mann, of Wrentham,
one yr. Mr. S. was sett, first in Berwick, Me. ; then in Medway ;
then in Blackstone Village, where he remained until 1833, at
which date he moved to Woonsosket, R. I., where he has since resided,
and where, for 18 yrs., he was engaged in the Druggist business,
from which he withdrew, in 1851. In 1810, he m. Prisciila W.,
da. Saml. and Prisciila Faxon, of Fox'o., Mass., who proved a
kind and aff. wife, and with whom he lived happily for 38 yrs.,
when she d. June 29, 1848, ae. 63. ch. : 1. Horatio, June 13,

392

STODDAED — STUDLEY.

1813, m. Data A. Kempton, of Mendon, Mass., Nov. 9, 1835,
(she b. June 30, 1813,) and has, Francis M, Ap. 20, 1837 ;
Harriet A., Aug. 26, 1839 ; Horatio J., Dec. 27, 1841 ; Lucia
A., June 1, 1843 ; Chas. E., Dec. 29, 1847 ; and Walter S.,
Feb. 12, 1849. 2. Harriet A., Dec. 8, 1815, m. Elisha T. Read,
Cashier of -a Bank in W., May 16, 1834, and has Jas. $., Sep.
9,1835; Harriet A., Oct. 2, 1839; Geo. S., Sep. 22, 1842 ;
and Isabella, July 10, 1850. Lost 2, d. young.

STODDARD, Henry, s. Laban, of H'm., m. 1, Polly Cud-
worth, and 2, Ann K. Mann ; was a carpenter by trade ; lived at
the corner of Walnut and Main sts. ; and d. June 30, 1848, ae.
64. ch.: 1. Henry, 1807, d. 1832. (By 2d,) 2. Ann C,
Sep. 21, 1815, m. Edwin Packard, 1ST. Bridg'r. 3. Mary C,
Oct. 12, 1817, m. Thos. W. Gurney, Ab'n., Nov. 1, 1836. 4.
Wm. B., Sep. 17, 1820. 5. Capt. Duncan T., Mar. 7, 1823, a
carpenter, m. Mary M. Henderson, 1851, and has Duncan T.,
1852. 6. Abby S. H., 1825, d. 1844. 7. Isabella R., m.
Henry Mann, June 13, 1850. 8. Jos. A., Mar. 24, 1830. 9.
Henry A., Jan. 12, 1833. 10. Patience E., May 6, 1835. 11.
Levi M., June 14, 1838.

2. Melvin, s. Hezek. of Scit., b. Oct., 1808, m. 1, Laura
Young, 1832, who d. the same year; and 2, Abig. Rogers;' lives
on Broadway ; is a shoemaker ; and has, Martha A., Dec, 1843.

STUD LEY FAMILY.

Arms : Ar. on a fesse vert, betw. 3
stags' heads cabossed or.

Crest : A stag's head cabossed or,

pierced through the scalp with an arrow

in bend sinister, vert, feathered ar.,

headed sa.

STUDLEY, an old English name, found in the County of Kent,
and also in Yorkshire,— the seat of the family, in the latter place,

STUDLEY. 393

being at Studley Park, near which are the ruins of the celebrated
Fountains Abbey, a famous place of resort for travellers, each one
of whom is entitled, to " meat by measure, (a quarter of a yard
of roast beef for dinner) and a great black jack of strong drink," on
calling for the same.1 We find two families in N. Eng. at an early
date, one in Boston, and the other in Sandwich. A branch of each
of these sett, in Scit., and have desct's. in H. We shall trace these
separately.

1. Jno. Studley, and w. Elizab., were in Bos'n., in 1659, but
when they came to the city, or how long they remained, we cannot
say. Their s. Jno., was b. in Bos'n., Dec. 8, 1659 ; and their son
Benj., was b. in B., May 23, 1661. This is all the notice we find
on any of the records in B. The latter son, Benj., seems to have
been in Scit., in 1683, m. Mary, da. Jno. Merritt, and sett, near
Merritt's brook, a few rods S. E. of the bridge, ch. : 1. Jno.,
Dec. 11, 1684. 2. Benj., Dec. 7, 168T. 3. Jas., July 15. 1690,
m. Sarah Farrow, of H'm., 1717, and had Sarah, 1718 ; J as.,
1720 ; and Elizab., 1725. 4. Jona., June, 19, 1693. 5. Da-
vid, Jan. 19, 1696-7, m. Susanna Vinton, 1717, and left
1 da., and 3 sons, some of whose desc'ts. yet live in Scit. 6. Mary,
Sep. 23, 1698. 7. Elizab., June 8, 1701. 8. Debo., Dec. 19,
1702—3. 9. Elizab., Sep. 10. 1706.

Note : We think it highly probable, that Benj. Studley, who was in H'm ,
in 1 724, m. Susanna, da. Eben'r. Lane, Dec. 31, 1 724, and had Hannah, 1 725 ;
Sarah, 1727 ; Ruth, 1729 ; Lois and Eunice, 1731 ; Jona., 1734 ; d. young;
Rhoda, 1735; Irania, 1737; and Jona., 1728; — was a desc't. of Benj. of
Scit., and prob. his son, as he is called " s. of Benj. " We think it also
probable, that most of this name, in H'm. and Cohas't., sprung from Jno. of
Boston.

2. Eliab, s. Benj., and gr. s. Jno. I, m. Mary Briggs, of Scit.,
Ap. 10, 1729, and it is said, sett, in H., or what is now Pleas't. st.,
where David Studley resides. He was the first Studley owner of
the mill long known as " Elihab's Mill, " and was a noted Tavern
keeper, his house being a favorite place of public resort. He d.
December 13, 1785, andhiswid. October 19, 1797, ae. 90. ch. :
1. Benjamin. 2. Martha, m. Jno. Shaw, of Ab'n., April 16,

1 Gough's British Topography, pp. 416, 443, 461, and 474.
25

394 STUDLEY.

1752. 3. Elizab., m. Jno. Robinson, Plym'h., Feb. 12, 1754
4. Jas., lost at sea. 5. Thankful, m. 1, Michael Jackson, Ab'n.,
Feb. 15, 1759 ; and 2, Seth Keith, of Bridg'r., 1775. 6. Debo.,
m. an Erskine. 7. Lucy, m. Seth Stetson, Ap. 11, 1765. 8. Abig.,
m. Thos. Curtis, June 6, 1770. 9. Japhet, July 25, 1756. 10.
Joseph, m. Rebecca Stetson, Jan. 10, 1765, was killed by lightning,
June 16, of the same jr., and his w. had twin ch., Rebecca, and
Lucy, who were bap. Ap. 2, 1768, and the mother m. Elisha
Witherell, of Chestf d., Dec. 30, 1772.

3. Benj., s. Eliab 2, m. Han'h. Litchfield, and was Selectman
in H., from 1778-81, and in 1787, and '88. We find his ch. on
the Ch. Recs. of H., as follows : 1. Elizab., bap. Oct. 13, 1754.
2. Benj., bap. June 5, 1757. 3. Abner, bap. June 5, 1757,
prob. d. young. 4. Hannah, bap. June 1, 1760, m. Isaac Moore,
of Warren, Mass., Mar. 18, 1782. 5. Mary, bap. Sep. 2, 1764.
6. Jas., bap. Sep. 2, 1764, d. Feb. 7, 1766. 7. Zenas, bap.
Oct. 7, 1764, d. Ap. 11, 1771. 8. Nabby, bap. Aug. 3, 1776, m.
Jno. R. Josselyn, Nov. 1, 1785. 9. Debo., m. Arad Woodworth,
of Warren. 10. Zenas, m. and d. in Leicester, leaving ch. 11.
Joseph, of Leicester.

s. Eliab 2, m. Rachel
Fearing, H'm., who d.
Sept. 28, 1826, ae. 92,
*t0W ( y^OL^f^/ and he Jan. 2, 1842,

ae. 85. ch. : 1. Ra-
chel, May 5, 1781,
m. Jesse Stoddard, Ab'n., Ap. 21, 1803. 2. David,
Mar. 31, 1783. 3. Walter B., Mar. 7, 1786. 4. Lucy, Jan.
25, 1788, m. Lewis Litchfield, of H. 5. Lydia, Ap. 6, 1791, d.
Mar. 11, 1793. 6. Luther, Jan. 26, 1793, m. a Cleavelancl, and
d. inN. Y. State, leaving a son JElipJiaz. 7. Lydia, Sep. 25,
1796, m. David Darling, Aug, 24. 1816. 8. Japhet, Oct. 31,
1799, d. May 9, 1832.

5. Eliab, s. Benj. 3, m. Betsey, da. Peleg Stetson, Ab'n., and
lived on Pleas't. st., in a house which stood a little N. of where
Gridley Studley resides. He d. Aug. 14, 1826, and his wid. in

STUDLEY. 395

Jan., 1835, ae. 79. ch. : 1. Jas., Feb. 28,1777. 2. Betsey, m.
Capt. Thos. Stetson, Oct. 19, 1801. 3. Nathan. 4. Experience,
m. Rob't. Estes. 5. Alvin, Jan. 1792, m. Nabby Stetson, who
d.in 1844 ; he lives in E. Ab'n., is a shoemaker, and has 1 da.,
Nancy, not m. 6. Hannah, 1785, in. Eleazer Josselyn, Jan. 1,
1809. 7. Gridley. 8. Nancy, m. Josh. Curtis, Ab'n., Mar. 18,
1816, and is d.

6. Benj., s. Benj. 3, m. Silvester Bonney, of Pemb., Nov. 28,
il782, and, it is said, moved to Leicester, Mass. His ch., b.
in P., were, 1. Abner, May 15, 1784. 2. Silvester, Oct. 24,
1786. 3. Silvia, Jan. 30, 1789. 4. Zenas, Ap. 25 1791. 5.
Benj., May 3, 1793. 6. Wealthy, Aug. 8, 1795. 7. Sally.
Sep. 24, 1797.

7. David, s. Japhet 4, learned the watchmaker's trade in H'm. ;
m. Hannah, da. Caleb Torrey, of Midd'o., and sett, on Pleas't st,
where he yet resides. His w. d. May 19, 1850. Mr. S., is a man of
natural mechanical ability, much esteemed as a citizen, and has rais-
ed a large and respectable family of sons and daughters, ch. : 1.
Cephisa, Feb. 1 0, 1811, m. Ezekiel Reed, Ab'n. 2. David F., Oct.
6, 1812, a jeweller in N. Bridg'r., m. Martha J. Howard, and has
Martha J. 3. Philander, Nov. 5, 1814, m. Elizab. Estes, May
11, 1837, lives on Circuit st., and has Mary M., Oct. 5, 1839, d.
Mar. 5, 1840; and Amelia J., May 5, 1847. 4. Joseph H.,
Oct. 13, 1816, shoe mf r., in H. ; m. Lucinda Curtis, Nov. 2,
1838, lives on Main st., and has Edwin J9., June 9, 1839 ; Ma-
ria, Aug. 7, 1842 ; Lucinda H., Oct. 19, 1846, d. Sep. 4, 1848 ;
and Ellen A., June 15, 1849. 5. Iantha E., Feb. 26, 1819, m.
Jos. W. Gurney, May 25, 1839. 6. Luther, Lee. 28, 1820, jew-
eller, in N. Bridg'r. ; notm. 7. Benj. F., Feb. 21,1823, m. Bet-
sey R., da. Amos Bates, lives on Circuit st., and has Benj. W.,
Jan. 10, 1846; and Betsey Z, June 15, 1848. 8. Mary F.,
Mar. 5, 1825, d. Sep. 14, 1826. 9. Walter B., Jan. 10, 1827, a
jeweller, in E. Ab'n., m. Susan Turner, Pemb., in Nov., 1848,
and has Susan L. B., and Adelaide F. 10. Henry C, June 3,
1829, of N. Bridg'r. 11. Han'h. M., June 28, 1834.

96 STUDLEY.

8. Walter B., s. Japhet 4, m. Matilda Crooker, Pemb., May
18, 1806, and moved to Hartford, Ct. Had one son b. in II.,
yiz. : Danl., Aug. 25, 1806. We are informed that there were
other ch., b. in Ct., but their names we have not learned.

9. Jas., s. Eliab 5, m. Mary D., da. Dr. Peter Hobart, in
1803, and lives near Hudson, N. Y. ch. : 1. Mary C, May 18,
1806, d. young. 2. Elizab. C, Mar. 3, 1808, m. Waldo Pool,
E. Ab'n., and is d. 3. Marshall L., Mar. 23, 1809, m. Sarah
E. Eells, Norwich, Ct., and d. in Demarara, leaving 1 ch., which
d. 4. Elb. G., Sep. 1, 1810, m. Catherine Cole, lives in N.
Y'k. State, and has ch. 5. Salome H., Jan. 30, 1812, m. Henry
R. Curtis, E. Ab'n., and is d. 6. Elmira S., Jan. 28, 1814, m.
Henry R. Curtis, E. Ab'n. 7. Lucy J., Sep. 27, 1817, m.
Corn's. T. Stinkle, of N. Y'k. State.8. Jas. J., Dec. 18, 1821,
m. Elizab. J. Boardman, lives in E. Ab'n., is a shoemaker, and
has David O.

10. Nathan, s. Eliab 5, m. Huldah Ellis, May 18, 1806, and
d. in 1849. ch. : 1. Wm., June 19, 1806, m. Elizab. J. Hask-
ell, lives in E. Ab'n., and has Wm, A., Mary E., Hannah M.,
Nathan F., Jno. A., Adaline A., Jacob N., and Chas. E. 2.
Andrew, m. Mary, da. Zenas Jenkins, lives in E. Ab'n., is a
dealer in provisions, and has Mary A., Austin, Jane B., Andrew
H, Huldah E., Sarah E., Ferdinand and Isabella, (the latter
d.,) and Elvira. 3. Sophia, m. Jacob Nash, and is living a wid.
in Ab'n. 4. Reuben, provision dealer, in E. Ab'n., m. Adaline
Burgess, of Harvard, Mass., and has Reuben W. ; Geo. S. ;
Henry J., d. ; Horace W; Chas. H, d. ; Susan E.; and Emily
M. 5. Alvin, m. Mercy Estes, and lives in Natick, Mass. 6.
Sylvia, m. Bela Smith, Ab'n. 7. Elizab., m. Stephen Standish,
E. Ab'n., no ch. 8. Huldah, m. N. Porter Baker, of E. Ab'n.,
and has Abby E., Susan A., and Andrew H.

11. Gridley, s. Eliab 5, m. Rebecca Keen, of Pemb., July
11, 1820, and lives on Pleasant st. ch. : 1. Betsey, Nov. 23,
1820, m. Nathan S. Jenkins, E. Ab'n., and has Albina, and Jo-
seph H 2. Ruth M., Aug. 25, 1822, m. Jos. Hobart, N. Ab'n, ;
he is d. 3. Han'h. M., Dec. 15, 1824, m. Chas. Dunham, E.
Ab'n., and d. leaving a da. Ellen, 4. Win., Dec. 19, 1826, m.

STUDLET. 397

Sophia J., da. Enos Curtis, and lives in E. Ab'n. 5. Gridley,
Mar. 19, 1829. 6. Judson, June 3, 1831. 7. Lucy J., Nov.

4, 1833. 8. Rebecca A., May 6, 1836. 9. Mary K., Mar.
12,1839.

SECOND B BANC H.

II wdrT&fl^t^Jjl ~)f (Benoni), of Sandwich, Mass., was in
>~*rLJ ^^q/ that part of Scit., now Hanover, and his
house, which was built in 1702, is the oldest now standing in the
town, on Hanover st. He m. Abig., da. Jno. Stetson, of Scit.,
Dec. 22, 1701, and d. suddenly, Nov. 14, 1746, and his wid.,
Feb. 1, 1758-9, ae. 82. He left only a verbal will, drawn up,
at his request, by Rev. Mr. Bass, and the same is now in the
hands of some of his desc'ts. ch. : 1. Abig., Aug. 13, 1702, m.
Joseph House, Dec. 14, 1732. 2. Jno., Feb. 25, 1704. 3.
Josh., Aug. 1707. 4. Gideon, May 5, 1710, d. Aug. 3,. 1734.

5. Sarah, Mar. 31, 1716. 6. Benoni, July 15, 1720, m., and
had in H. a son Benoni, bap. May 10, 1741, and it is- said that
the fa. moved to Rehoboth.

2. Jno., s. Benoni II., m. Elizab. Doten, of Plym'h., who d.
in H., Oct. 11, 1774, and he Sep. 23, 1787. Lived for a time
in the Judge Cushing house, at the Corners, and finally built the
house where his grandson Jabez now lives, ch. : 1. Sarah, July
2, 1731, m. Thos. Barstow. 2. Elizab., Oct.. 30, 1734, m. Elisha
Curtis. Jan. 15, 1760. 3. Gideon, Mar. 13, 1736, d. Aug. 5,
1737. 4. Jabez, bap. Aug. 17, 1738. 5.. Rebecca, May 19,
1744, prob. d unm.

3. Josh., s. Benoni II., m. Lydia Pratt, of Pemb., Mar. 6,
1735, who d. July 9, 1759, and he July 15, 1760. Another
rec. says she d. June 27, and he, July 9, 1759. ch. : 1. Gid-
eon, May 15, 1738. 2. Lydia, Jan. 16, d. May 6, 1740. 3.
Abig., bap. June 28, 1741, m. Danl. Crooker, Feb. 16, 1766,
and d. in Sep. 1779. 4. Joshua, Sep. 26, 1742. 5. Joanna,
Jan. 13, 1744, d. Ap. 16, 1779- 6. Ann, May 11, 1746, d.
May 15, 1760. 7. Lydia, May 8, 1748, d. Sep. 27, 1826 ?
8. Jno., July 22, 1750, d. Jan. 17, 1751. 9. Rebecca, Mar. 8,
1752, d. May 16, 1754.

Note. It is said there were twins in this fam.r who d. young.

398 STUDLEY.

*^ ^ z? u^c c^y mong^ Mf d ^ who d> June 21j

^ 1790, and he Feb. 14, 1825,
ae. 86. Lived on Wash'n. st., where his son Jabez now lives
and was a soldier in the Rev'n. ch. : 1. Rebecca, bap. Jan. 2,
1774, m. Luther Sprague, Mf d. 2. Jabez, bap. Sep. 22, 1776,
m. Chloe M. Clark, Feb. 23, 1800, lives on his father's place, and
has, 1. Katurah, Mar. 20, 1801, m. Rob't. Curtis, Ap. 16, 1826.

2. Eliza, July 10, 1803, m. Steph. Josselyn, Nov. 16, 1834.

3, Jno., July 20, 1805, m. Eliza A. Herrick, Chas'n., is a ship-
wright, and has Jno., m. Mary F. Hammond, and lives in Chas'n. ;
Jas. W. : Edwin ; Georgiana ; and Chas. 4. George, Aug. 25,
1807, carpenter, m. Judith Curtis, Jan. 30, 1834, and lives near
his father ; no ch. 5. Horace, Jan. 6, 1810, m. Marcia Rose,
Jan. 15, 1834, lives on Spring st., and has Horace C, Nov.
1834 ; Geo., Oct. 18, 1836 ; Marg't, S., Nov. 30, 1838 ; Timo.
R., July 9, 1841 ; and Rebecca, Aug. 22, 1845. 6. Hiram,
Ap. 28, 1812, m. 1, Sarah A. Brett, of Bridg'r., Mar. 27, 1836;
and 2, Esther Hollis, May 4, 1845 ; lives on Cross st. ; is a car-
penter ; and has Abby A.; Mary R., b. 1844, d. 1845; and
Hiram A., b. 1848, d. 1849. 7. Robert C, Oct. 31, 1815, d.
Jan. 19, 1817. 8. Robert H, Dec. 8, 1818, m. Lucy J., da.
Josi. Bonney, and lives with his fa. ; no ch.

5. Gideon, s. Josh. 3, m. Rosamond Church, Jan. 4, 1762,
and d. Aug. 14, 1816, ae. 78, and his wid. Jan. 3, 1832, ae. 92.
It is said that he was out in the Fr. War, in 1756, and we have
seen old certificates of service, signed by Lieut. Jno. Bailey, and
dated 1756, and '58. ch. : 1. Anna, Dec. 27, 1762, m. Homer
Whiting, May 8, 1785. 2. Sarah, July 9, 1766, d. June 26,
1847. 3. Rosamond, June 9, 1768, m. Zattu dishing, Ab'n.,
July 12, 1790, 4. Rebecca, Feb. 15, 1770, m. Benj. Tolman,
Mf d., Feb. 11, 1800. 5. Lucy, Oct. 12, 1773, living, unm., in
H. 6. Gideon, July 19,1776. 7. Abig., Oct. 19, 1778, m.
David Pool, Ab'n., Sep. 15, 1801. 8. Dr. Joshua, Sep. 15,
1784, a physician in H. for 40 yrs. ; T. C. from 1824-32; and
an active and useful man. He d. unm., Feb. 28, 1848.

STURTEVANT. 899

6. Josh., s. Josh. 8, moved to Sharon, Ct., was a carpenter
by trade, and a man of successful enterprise ; m. Ruth Allen, ?
and had 1. Polly, m. a Colenan, and had Fanny, Philena, Maria,
and Polly. 2. Amy, m. a Parsons, and had Polly, Anna, Amy,
and Caroline. 3. Joshua, m. and had a da. Maria, and a son,
who was drowned. 4. Ruby Ruth A., m. a Hatch, and had
Abiy-, Jno., Lydia A., and another. 5. Gideon, m. but had no
ch. 6. Mary A., m. an Everett, and had a son Josh. She is d.
7. Lydia, m. an Everett, and had TJws., Ichabod, Ruby R. A.,
Russell, Abig., Betsey, and Caroline. 8. Ichabod, m. and had
Josh., Gideon A., Enoch, and Calvin. 9. Abigail? not m.

Note. The above is from papers left by Dr. Studley.

7. Gideon, s. Gideon 5, m. Sarah, da. Jno. and Grace Butler,
of Oakham, Mass., Dec. 17, 1809, lived on Main, near Grove st.,
where his w. d. July 9, 1838, and he Jan. 10, 1850. ch. : 1.
Ann, July 28, ~\ 810, a school teacher for sev. yrs., m. Caleb Whi-
ting, May 11, 1852. 2. Gideon, Oct. 19, 1811, a carpenter in
Ab'n. ; m. Priscilla B. Shaw, and has Gideon, d. ; Jas. B. ; Sa-
rah A. ; Anna H. ; Alice ; and Gfideon. 3. Jno. B., June 27,
1813, living in H., not m. 4. Jas., Mar. 9, 1815, merchant, in
Mobile, Ala. 5. Josh., Dec. 5, 1817, living in E., unm. 6.
Sarah B., Dec. 23, 1819. 7. Geo., Nov. 11, 1822, m. Sarah,
da. Croel Bonney, H'n., Nov. 28, 1850, and is a shoe m'fr, in
E. Ab'n.

STURTEVANT, Rufus M., s. Geo. of Pemb.,b. Feb. 17, 1830,
m. Rebecca A. Woodman, Mar. 1,1852, lives on Centre st, with
Seth Harding, and is a shoemaker. No ch.

400

SYLVESTER.

SYLVESTER FAMILY.

Arms : Ar. an oak tree, eradicated,

vert.

Crest : A lion's head, erased, vert.

SYLVESTER, SILVESTER. This name appears to be of
French origin, and in the French language, sylvestre signifies a tree,
whence the coat of arms represents an oak tree in the shield, being
a parlant, or speaking coat, descriptive of the name. We find
the family sett, in Eng. not long after the Conquest, and the an
cestor probably went over in the army of William, in 1069. Ste-
phen Silvestre, is named by Fuller, among the gentry of Norfolk.1
Gabriel Sylvester, D.D., was Prebend of Weeford, Litchf d., in
1506 ;2 and in 1538, Robert, was Archd'n. of Langtoft, York •*
Preb. of York, 1541 ;4 and Archd'n. of Nottingham, 1549.5 The
family is highly respectable in the old country, and is numerously
represented in the U. States.

The first of the name in N. Eng., was Richard, who was of
Wey'h., 1633, and of Scit., 1642, and sett, on the "Two Miles."
The year in which he came over, and the name of the vessel in
which he embarked, we have not been able to learn. Settlements
were made at Wey'h., in 1619, 1624, and 1625. He prob.
came in the company with Rev. Robert Lenthal, minister of
Wey'h., and the cause of his coming to Scit, was on acc't. of
difficulties, arising from his religious opinions.6 He m. Naomi

1 Worthies of Eng'd., vol. 2, p. 472. 2 Willis' Cathedrals, p. 471. 3 Ibid.,
149. 4 Ibid., p. 180. 5 Ibid, p. 106. 6 Mather's Magnalia, vol. 1, p. 222.

SYLVESTER. 401

Torrey, ab. 1632, and d. in Scit. in 1663. ch. : 1. Lydia, 1633,
m. Nath'l. Rawlins, Sep. 4, 1652. 2. Jno., 1634, m., and had
Sarah, 1671 ; John., 1672 ; Joseph, 1674, who was of Marsh-
field, and left ch. ; Samuel, 1676, also of Marshfield ; m., and
left ch. ; Lydia, 1679. 3. Peter, 1637, d. 1642, being acci-
dentally shot, on the Sabbath, by the discharge of a gun in his
father's house. (See Winthrop's Journal, and Deane's Scit.)
4= Joseph, 1638. 5. Dinah, 1642, prob. d. unm. 6. Elizab.,
1643, m. Jno. Lowell, Jan. 24, 1658, and d. soon after. 7.
Richard, 1648, was of Milton, 1678, m. Hannah, da. " Old Jas.
Leonard, of Taunton," and was prob. ancestor of the Sylvesters
of Norfolk Co. 8. Naomi, 1649, m. Jno. Lowell, 1666. 9. Is-
rael, 1651, had a house on the margin of the 2d Herring Brook,
1670, m., and had Israel, Sep. 23, 1675, who left desc'ts. ; Si-
lence, 1617 m, Richard, 1679, m. and left desc'ts.; Lois, 1680 ;
Martha, 1682 ; Mary, 1683 ; Elisha, 1685 ; Peter, 1687, m.
and left desc'ts., who are in Leicester, Mass., and in N. Hamp-
shire ; Zebidon, 1689, m. and left desc'ts. ; Barshua, 1692 ; and
Debo., 1696. 10. Hester, 1653, prob. d. unm. 11. Benj., 1656,
m. Lydia Standlake, 1684, and has desc'ts. in Mf'd.

2. Capt. Joseph, s. Rich'd., lived where Sam'l. Waterman's
house stands, in So. Scit., near Church Hill, and improved the
farm wh. he purchased of Jno. Whiston, 1664. We have given
some sketch of his life on p. 22. As a reward for his services in
the Indian wars, a grant of land was made to him and his com-
pany, by the Gen'l. Court, which was designed to have been in
Maine, but which, when the line was run between the Provinces,
proved to be in N. Hampshire ; and on a repres'n. of these facts
by Chas. Turner, and others, agents for the claimants, in 1765,
a new grant was made in Me., on condition that 30 families and
a minister should be sett., and a meeting-house built, within six
y'rs. ; and this is now known as the town of Turner, Me,1 His
ch., by w. Mary, were, 1. Joseph, Nov. 11, 1664. 2. Mary,
Dec. 24, 1666, m. Benj. Curtis, 1689. 3. Naomi, Mar. 5, 1668.
4. Anna, May 5, 1669. 5. Benj., Dec. 11, 1680^ 6. David,

Ap. 20, 1683. 7. Amos, Nov. 15, 1685. A

F'Ul

1 "Willi anison's Hist. Me., vol. 2, p. 528-9.\/^p

402 SYLVESTER.

3. Benj., s> Capt Joseph 2, m. Jerusha Wheaton, Nov. 16,
1710, and had, 1. Benj., Nov. 15, 1711. 2. Ruth, bap. May 8,
1720. 3. Jas., bap. June 27, 1722, was m., and prob. lived on
Wash'n., near East st., where remains of an old cellar are yet vis-
ible, and where his wid. Sally, resided sometime after his decease.
4. Jacob, bap. Oct. 4, 1724, m. Mary Bates, Nov. 5, 1753, and
d, July 25, 1806, and his wid. Dec, 24, 1811, ae. 86. No ch.

4. Amos, s. Capt. Joseph 2, m. Elizab. Henchman, Nov. 20,
1706, who d. Feb, 11, 1762, ae. 77, and he Oct. 23, 1753. His
house stood on Wash'n. st., near where that of Rob't. Sylvester
now stands, and was for many years a Tavern stand, kept by his
widow after his decease. He was Selectman in 1743, and a black-
smith by trade, his shop standing near the house. When the old
mansion was torn down, two chairs were preserved, one of wh. is in
the possession of Rob't, and the other of Michael Sylvester, ch. :
1. Amos, Sep. 14, 1707. 2. Wm,, Feb. 22, 1709, 3. Joseph, Jan.
9, 1711. 4. Henchman, Dec. 20, 1713, m. Sarah Stockbridge,
Feb. 29, 1748, had no ch., d. Ap. 23, 1758, and his wid. m. Wm.
Norton, bef. 1761. His house stood oppo. his father's, and is now
occupied by B. F. Burgess. 5. Michael, Oct. 27, 1714 ? 7.
Nath'L, Ap. 29, 1718. 8. Caleb, Dec. 14, 1719, m. Desire Stet-
son, Nov. 1, 1750, lived on what is now Main st., whence he mov-
ed to Townsend, Mass. His ch. were, Desire, 1752, d. 1754 ;
Caleb, 1754, m. Abig., da, Dr. Jos. Jacobs, and moved to Me. ;
Desire, 1755; Henchman, 1758, a soldier in the Rev'n ; Lillis T.
and Grace, 1763 ; Joseph, 1764. 9. Edmund, June 20, 1721.
10. Mary, Oct. 19, 1723, d. Aug. 28, 1724. 11. Thos., Oct.

19, 1723, m. Sarah, da. Matt. Estes, who d. June 20, 1794,
and he Oct. 1, 1760, leaving one son, iHa££.,bap. Sep. 19, 1760,
who m. a Josselyn, and d. in Pemb., leaving one da. Marg't., who
m. Isaac Magoun, Pemb. The father's house stood where now
stands that of Dr. Garratt. 12. Elizab., July 15, 1725.

5. Benj., s. Benj. 3, m. Abig. Buck, July 27, 1737, and d.
Jan. 24, and his wid., July 29, 1796. Lived back of where Jno.
Sylvester now resides, on a road long since discontinued, ch. :
1. Jerusha, Ap. 3, 1738, d. young. 2. Benj., Aug. 21, 1739,
moved off. 3, Abig., bap. Ap. 8, 1742, m. 1, Abner House,

SYLVESTER. 40

o

1758, and 2, an Alvord. 4. Sarah, bap. Dec. 18, 1743, m. Wm.
Norton, Ab'n., 1759. 5. Jorusha, bap. Mar. 31, 1745, d. June
24, 1769. 6. Isaac, bap. Mar. 29, 1747. 7. Mary, bap. July
17, 1748, m. a Howland, Kgs'n. 8. Lydia, bap. Aug. 26, 1750,
m. Jno. Oldham, Pemb. 9. Debo., bap. Dec. 31, 1752, m. Paul
Webb, Scit., 1787. 10. Obadi., 1755, moved to Ohio, m., and
it is said had 12 ch., who are in 0. 11. Joel. bap. Aug. 14,
1757. 12. Cornelius, m. a Sprague, moved to N. Y'k. State,
and had ch.

s. Amos 4, m. Patience Palmer, February 7, 1732, and had,
1. Amos, 1734, m. Desire Rose, Jan. 19, 1757, and had Amos,
1758; Thomas., 1760; Jacob, 1762, d. 1765; John, 1765;
Desire R., 1767 ; and Hannah, 1769. 2. Abner, Ap, 23, 1738,
m. Susanna Stetson, Dec. 3, 1761, and prob. moved off. 3. Job?
1742, m. and had Job, m. Lydia Philips, 1790 ; Roland, of Dur-
ham, Me. ; and Joseph, m. Ruth Estes, and is of Durham, Me.

/J ^ . s. Amos 4, appears to

7. llMr)/J 1 Qtff ~7~ nave been a man of

[/J/L&U^^l. t/a<lst^Ufsomz note in his day,

as we often find his name attached to deeds, and other instru-
ments. By w. Mary, he had, 1. Wm., 1737. 2. Chas., 1739.
3. Mary, July 30, 1741. 4. Elijah, July 13, 1744. 5. Isaac
June 27, 1746. 6. Hannah, Nov. 11, 1748. 7. Debo., 1751.
After this date, the family disappears, and we find no further
record of it.

rf j JBLJC

-j£- — — ** s. Amos 4, m.

1, Mary, da.

Captain Thos^

Bardin, Nov. 12, 1741, who d. Oct. 29, 1755 ; and 2, Ruth Tur-
ner, Jan. 17, 1760 ; and d. Nov. 12, 1798, ae. 84, and his wid.,
Oct. 31, 1806, ae. 70. Lived on his father's place, ch. : 1.
Bardin, d. Feb. 15, 1746. 2. Mary, bap. Mar. 12, 1745, d.
Mar. 18, 1746. 3. Michal, bap. Nov. 9, 1755, m. Cornel. Tur-
ner, Dec. 8, 1768, and moved to Me. 4. Bardin, bap. Nov. 9>

404 SYLVESTER.

1755. 5. Michael, bap. Nov. 9, 1755. 6. Mary, bap. Nov. 9,

1755, m. Chas. Tolman, May 19, 1774. (By 2d,) 7. Bath-
shua, bap. Feb. 13, 1761, d. June 4, 1768. 8. Robt., bap.

Oct. 19, 1766, d. June 4, 1768. 9. Lucinda, bap. Ap. 10,

1768, m. Benj. Bass, Dec. 4, 1794. 10. Juliette, bap. Ap. 8,

1770, d. unm., Dec. 27, 1842. 11. Robert, bap. Aug. 9, 1772.

A/'jj 0 /> y~- s- Amos 4, known as

9. [y/^^u^^ "Builder Sylvester,"

& a shipwright by trade,

lived where Rufus Farnum now resides, m. 1, Sage, da. Capt.
Thos. Bardin, Jan. 26, 1743, and 2d, Sarah Bates, who d. July
8, 1775, and he, Feb. 21, 1781. He was Selectman from 1765
-67, and from 1772-74. ch.: 1. Nath'l., m. Sarah, da. Galen
Clapp, was a shipbuilder ; Selectman from 1794-96 ; and moved
to Winchendon, Mass. His ch. were, Polly, Lucy, Joanna, Pa-
tience, Ridh, and Bardin. 2. Lydia, m. Thos. Barstow. 3. Sa-
rah, m. a Hill, and d. Mar. 18, 1818 ? 4. Elijah, Nov. 24,
1767. 5. Sage, m. Prince Stetson.

10. Edmund, s. Amos 4, m. Elizab., da. Rev. Benj. Bass,
Jan. 30, 1752, and d. Sep. 20, 1783, ae. 51, and his wid. Sep.
18, 1784, ae. 50. Lived for a time on Elm st., where Josh. Stet-
son resides, and afterwards in the house of his brother Hench-
man, ch. : 1. Edmund, 1753, d. June 16, 1757. 2. Elizab.,
1755, d. March 10, 1840. 3. Olive, 1757, d. Dec. 16, 1782.
4. Molly G., 1758, d. June 12, 1784. 5. Bethiah, 1760, d.
Jan. 12, 1792. 6. Edmund, 1763, d. unm. in Mar. 1829. ' 7.

// * /l/-^ 1765, a cabinet-maker
/? /? j sf 'p&V^ V trade, and d, unm.

" Christopher., 1768, d.

Nov. 13, 1789. 9. Lucy, 1771, d. Feb. 3,1773. 10. Lucy,
1773, d. Oct. 9, 1786. No desc'ts. are left of this family, and
the property passed into the hands of the desc^s. of Michael.

-^y^^V^yV^^s. Benj. 5, m. Sarah Damon,
i^<^ who d. Sep. 10, 1820, and
he in 1835. Lived in his
father's house for a time, and finally built on Broadway, where

SYLVESTER. 405

his son Jno. now resides. A view of Ms house is here presented,
ch. : 1. Benj., Aug. 19, 1789, a mariner ; not m. 2. Joseph,
Jan. 27, 1792, m. 1, Elizab. B. Silvester, and 2, Hannah M.
Stetson ; lives on Broadway, is a mf'r. of soap, and has Joseph
B., m. Lucy W., da. Win. Church, Feb. 8, 1847, is an anchor-
smith, and lives on Broadway. 3. Sarah, June 11, 1794, m.
Turner Stetson, Mar. 3, 1822, and is in Mich'n. 4. Isaac, bap.
Dec. 25, d. Dec. 30, 1797. 5. Jno., July 8, 1798, the present
proprietor of Sylvester's Forge, and junior partner of the firm of
Jno. Taggart and Co., Bos'n., importers and dealers in iron and
steel ; (see p. 140,) m. Lucy J. Bonney, in Nov. 1824, lives in
the house built by his father, (see view,) and has Sarah X, Sep.
27, 1830 ; Benj. F, June 29, 1833 ; Laura A., Mar. 16, 1835 ;
Jno. E., July 24, 1839 ; Lucy A., Aug. 25, 1840 ; and Amelia
F., June 3, 1843.

12. Rob't., s. Michael 8, m. Lucy Bailey, Jan. 14, 1773, and
built and occupied the house in wh. Yvrm. Dawes resides, until his
father's decease, and then tore down the old family homestead,
and built the house in wh. his son Rob't. now lives. He d. Aug.
17, 1807, and his wid. Oct. 7, 1840. ch. : 1. Lucy B., Sep.
1, 1797, m. Wm. Church, July 29, 1821. 2. Rebecca E., Nov.
27, 1799, m. Benj. C. Pratt, Dec. 5, 1819, and d. Dec. 1, 1847.
3. Michael, May 5, 1802. 4. Robert, Oct. 19, 1805. 5. Sa-
rah E.. Mar. 21, 1808, m. Sam'l. Church, Dec. 14, 1828, and
d. Dec. 28, 1850.

13. Elijah, s. Nath'l. 9, m. 1, Elizab. Briggs, Oct. 13, 1751,
who d. Jan. 23, 1792 ; and 2, Mary Robbins, Dec. 19, 1793 ;
and d. Dec. 28, 1828, and his wid. June 26, 1829. He was a
shipwright by trade, and Owned a farm in H., which was con-
ducted with neatness and skill, ch. : 1. Elijah, Nov. 22, 1794,
m. Lucy Taylor, June 25, 1823, lived on Broadway, and d. in
June, 1852, leaving ch., Mary T., Aug. 13, 1824, m. Lebbeus
Stockbridge, jr., June 24, 1849 ; Elijah W.9 Aug. 15, 1828, m.
Christiana M. Bonney, Nov. 27, 1851 ; Lucy P., Feb. 26, 1831,
d. Oct. 14, 1833; Elizab. B., Dec. 28, 1836; and Geo. F.,
Oct. 24, 1839. 2. Elizab. B., May 2, 1798, m. Joseph Sylves-
ter, Nov. 26, 1818, and d. July 16, 1840.

406

SYLVESTER.

14. Michael, s. Rob't. 12, m. 1, Martha Reed, of Ab'n., Dec-
3, 1824, who d. Jan. 18, 1831; and 2, Sarah, da. Lem'l. Cur-
tis, May 29, 1833, and lives on Wash'n. st., near his bro. Rob-
ert. A view of his residence is annexed, ch. : 1. Michael R.,
June 24, 1825, m. Emily S. Spear, of Bos'n., July 3, 1849, who
d. Sep. 21, 1851, and an inf. with her. 2. Edmund Q., Ap. 29,
1827. Not m., — the present owner of the David Stockbridge
estate. (By 2d,) 3. Martha R., Dec. 20, 1839. 4. Lem'l. C,
May 14, 1842. 5. Lydia, June 12, 1845.

.01

RESIDENCE OF MICHAEL SYLVESTER.

15. Robert, s. Rob't. 12, m* Sarah, da. Loammi Burgess,
of Harvard, Mass,, Nov. 28, 1828, and lives on Wash'n. st., in
the house built by his father, a view of which is annexed, ch. :
1. Loammi B., Mar. 18, 1832, 2. Susanna F., Ap. 5, 1834.
3. Belcher, May 26, 1837, d. July 21, 1838. 4. Elizab. B.,
July 5, 1839. 5. Sarah E., Sep. 1, 1843. 6. Juletta, Ap. 14?
1845. 7. Robert, June 20, 1847.

SYLVESTER.

407

RESIDENCE OF MR. ROBERT SYLVESTER.

16. Jona., of Mf d., a desc't. of Rich'd. of Scit., was m. and
had, 1. Jona., m. 1, Rebecca Laphan, and 2, Ruth Jones, and
had Tabitlia ; Luther, 1802; Rebecca, 1803, d. young.?; Ra-
chel 0., 1812. 2. Jas. 3. Deborah. 4. Molly. 5. Tabitha.
6. Eben'r., of Me. 7. Lydia, m. a Hall.

17. Jas., s. Jona. 16, m. Sarah Osborn, and was drowned in

«

crossing N. River bar, with two others, Andrew Keen and Peter
Rogers, in returning from a fishing voyage. The bodies were
found, and int. in Mf d. His wid. ni. 2, Joseph D. Ramsdell,
and 3, Thos. Perry, and d. Aug. 20, 1847, ae. 84. ch. : 1. An-
thony, Oct. 27, 1787. 2. Joseph, Oct. 27, 1788, m. wid. Elizab.
T. Pratt, Ap. 2, 1815, lives at the corner of East st., and has
one son, TVm. T., Feb. 19, 1816, lives in So. Scit., m. Betsey
Kenclar, and has Wm. K. 3. Thos. 0., m. Lucy Walker, of
Mf'd., is a blacksmith by trade, lives in Quincy, and has Roxana,
m. Hatch Carver, Mf d. ; Debo.% m. Geo. Hunt, baker, of H'm. ;
Mary; Sarah; and Marcia. 4. James, m. Betsey Young, and
d. leaving ch. : Jas., Jno., Francis, and Elizabeth. 5. Win.,
d. ae. 19.

18. Anthony, s. Jas. 17, m. Nancy Taylor, Jan. 1812, lived
on Broadway, and d. in 1852, ae, 64. ch. : 1. Sarah, Feb. 1,

408 TAYLOR — THAYER THOMAS.

1813, m. Otis Sampson, Nov. 4, 1833. 2. Robert., Oct. IT,

1814, a shipwright by trade, m. 1, Hannah Sturgis, Sep. 11,
1836, and 2, Martha A. Coates, in 1852, lives in his father's
house, and has Geo. W,, 1837, and Helen 31., 1839. 3. Aliriira
J., Sep. 26, 1816, m. Jno. C. Damon, of Quincy, May 1, 1836.

4. Mary, July 1, 1818, m. Thos. 0. Bates, jr., Dec. 11, 1836.

5. Horace, Sep. 16, 1820, m. Mary P. Holmes, Ap. 30, 1845,
and is a mariner. 6. Jas., Dec. 27, 1822, in S. America. 7.
Lydia A., Mar. 27, 1825, m. Austin Damon, July 11, 1841,
who resides at the Corners, and is a blacksmith, with Mr. War-
ren Wright. 8. Nancy, June 18, 1827, m. Jno. Tower, Ap. 26,
1846. 9. Elizab. T., May 29, 1830, m. Thos. T. Lathrop, Jan.
31, 1847, and lives in Va. 10. Helen M., July 29, 1836, d.
Feb. 9, 1837.

TAYLOR, Edwin P., s. Wm, of Pemb., b. June, 1826, a
young man of fine promise, resides in H., and works at Mr. S.
Josselyn's shoe mf y. Not m.

THAYER, Eben'r., s. Barnabas, of Wey'h., and a desc't. of
Richard, of Bos'n., 1640, and aft. of. Braintree, m. Mary J., da.
Shuble Munroe, Ap. 3, 1819, and lives on Centre st., near the
site of the old Robert Stetson house. A shoemaker, ch. : 1.
Martin C, Dec. 25, 1823. 2. Cha's. E.', July 25, 1826, m.
Mary D., da. Silas Hollis, Aug. 13, 1848, lives oppo. his fa., in
the house built for him in 1851-2, and has Cha's. W., Feb. 9,
1849 ; and Mary A., Mar. 5, 1851.

THOMAS, Charles, of Georgetown, Mass., m. 1, Martha
McFadden, and 2, Sarah B. Damon, lived on Main st., and d.
Nov. 7, 1847, ae. 5Q. ch. : 1. Jas., is m., and lives in Me.
2. Jno., d. at sea. 3. Mary, m. Isaac Packard. 4. Nancy, m.
Sidney Everson, Kgs'n. He is d. 5. Cha's., Nov. 1821, m.
Mary Vining, lives on Main st., and has Alonzo, Nov. 1850.

6. David, m. Maria F. Eames, Mf'd., lives in E. Ab'n., and has
Bora F., 1850. (By 2d,) 7. Joseph. 8. Levi. 9. Martha.
10. Alpheus. 11. Ira, May, 1839. 12. Sarah, Mar. 16, 1842.

THOMPSON — TILDEN. 409

THOMPSON, Wm. E., s. Andrew, (and a desc't. of Jno., of
Wales, who landed at Ply'h., 1622,) m. Eliza N. Gardner, Ap.
1841, lives on Whiting st., and has, 1. Mary E., Mar. 4, 1842.
2. Wm. F., Jan. 18, 1846. 3. Rufus D., Dec. 19, 1848. 4.
Jas. F., Oct. 15, 1851.

2. Lyman, s. Francis, of Nelson, N. H., b. May 2, 1817, m.
Barshaway, da. Luther Curtis, Jan. 1, 1853, and lives on Silver
st., near his wife's mother.

3. Francis, bro. Lyman, b. June 28, 1823, m. Dorlisca Vini-
ca, of Midd'o., Jan. 1, 1843, lives in the house built by his bro.,
on Silver street, and has, 1. Dorlisca A. 2. Elizab. R. 3.
Francis G. 4. Eliza V. f'F

Lieut. Job, a desc't.
of Elder Nathl., of
Scituate, m. Elizab.
Vinal, and lived on Winter st., where, for many years, he kept a
tavern. His bro. Jno., had previously occupied the same house,
— part of which is still standing, — but on the marriage of Job,
who had been fitted for Coll., and who m. against the wishes of
his parents, at the early age of 17, he was sent to H., and Jno.
returned to Scit. Job was a Lieut, in the Rev'n., and was a man
of active habits, and good education. He d. Jan. 22, 1809, ae.
83, and his w. Mar. 2, 1799. ch. : 1. Sarah, 1746, d. 1751.
2. Betty, 1748, m. Dan'l. Barstow, July 4, 1771. 3. Nath'l.,
1750, <L 1821. 4. Sarah, 1753, d. 1808. 5. Job, 1757.

2. Job, s. Job, m. Lydia Jackson, Scit., lived in his father's
house, and there d. Sep. 27, 1820, and his wid., Aug. 23, 1848,
ae. 88. He was out in the Rev'n., and his wid. drew a pension
in her latter years, ch. : 1. Betty, 1786, m. John Gardner,
Bridg'r., July 27, 1806. 2. Job, 1789, d. 1806. 3. Lydia, m.
Enos Bates, and d. in 1852. 4. Polly, July 3, 1791, m. Jno.
Tribou, Oct, 13, 1810. 5. Debo., Sep. 29, 1793, m. Elias Bar-
rell, Bridg'r., Nov. 21, 1813, and has a da. Debo. living in H.
6. Sally, July 9, 1797, living unm. on her father's place. There
was another son, Joseph, drowned at the age of 25.

26

410 TORRE Y — TOWER — TRIBOU.

TORREY, a name once common in H., but now extinct in the
male line. The families sett, mostly on Winter st. Benj. D., s.
Caleb, of Midd'o., b. November 16, 1796, m. Lovisa, da., Adam
Perry, Mar. 80, 1818, was a watchmaker by trade, and lived on
Circuit st., in the house built by himself, where he d. July 18,
1843, ae. 47. His wid. survives, ch. : 1. Lovisa P., May 25,
1818, m. Martin White, Mf d. 2. Janet, Ap. 10, 1823, m. Wm.
F. Tribou, of H. 3. Eliza M., April 16, 1825, m. Cyrus A.
Willis. 4. Martin S., May 26, 1827, m. Caroline F. Soule, May
8, 1846, had Caro. S., Mar. 22, 1847, and d. Mar. 24, 1848,
and his wid. m. Spencer Binney. 5. Charlotte B., Oct. 3, 1827,
m. W. G. Perry. 6. Marietta, Aug. 4, 1831, m. Warren Estes,
1852. 7. Sarah J., Dec. 14,1833, m. Sylvanus Whiting, jr.,
1852. 8. Wm. D., 1835. 9. Leander, Mar. 31, 1838.

TOWER, David, b. July 1786, s. Jas., (and a desc't. of Jno.,
of H'm., who m. Marg't. Ibrook, 1639,) m. Patience Palmer, Aug.

1811, lives on Spring st., is a shoemaker, and has, 1. Patience,

1812, d. 1817. 2. Jane, 1813, m. Jno. S. Tower, and d. Aug.
22, 1849. 3. Jno., July 1817, d. young. 4. David, Ap. 3,
1818. 5. Patience, June 29, 1821, m. Henry S. Hollis, Wey'h.
'6. Jno., July 14, 1824, m. Nancy Sylvester, lives on Broadway,
and has Horace S., May 11, 1847 ; and Jno. F., Nov. 15, 1849.
Lost 2 ch., d. young. 7. Reuben, Ap. 17, 1828, of H'n. 8.
Mahala, June 29, 1831, m. Francis Cobbin, Nov. 23, 1851, and
lives in H.

b. Feb. 26, 1788, s. Wm.,

/£ y^T^^ an(^ &r* s* ^nos*' °f France,

who sett, in Bridg'r., in
1745, m. Mary, da. Job
Tilden, and lived at the corner of Centre street, and Broadway,
where he d. Oct. 17, 1848. His wid. survives, ch. : 1. Mary
A., Nov. 16, 1811, m. Sam'l. S. Turner, Oct. 28, 1832. 2.
Jno. T., Feb, 3, 1814, m. Melissa B., da. Capt. Thos. M. Bates,
Oct. 16, 1835, lives at the corner of Winter and Circuit sts., is a
shoemaker, and has, Andrew T., Sep. 27, 1837 ; Mary J., Mar.
23, 1839 ; Ann A., Oct. 24, 1844 ; and Maria E., May 12,

TUBBS — TURNER. 411

1847. 8. Levi TV., Mar. 22, 1816, m. Lucinda White, Dec.
1840, lives with his mo., and has Corrissand TF., Oct. 1841. 4.
Win. F., July 27, 1819, in. Jennet Torrey, Feb. 2, 1840, lives
on Summer at., is a shoemaker, and has Ellen 31., Oct. 1842 ;
Wm. E., Nov. 16, 1846 ; Walter S., July 29, 1848, d. Ap. 4,
1850 ; Mary H., May 19, 1850, d. May 31, 1851 ; and Laura
J., Mar. SO, 1852. 5. Walter S., Jan. 8, 1822, went to sea,
and is prob. d. 6. Emeline H., May 2, 1824, m. Seth Pratt,
H'n. 7. Sarah J., June 7, 1827, m. Rufus T. Estes, of E. Ab'n.,
and d, Dec. 28, 1850. 8. Cynthia J., Sep. 21, 1829, m. Seth
W. Harding, and lives in H.

TUBBS, Joseph, b. Ap. 14, 1770, s. Joseph, of Pemb., (and a
desc't. of Wm., of Duxbury, 1637,) m. Lucy Stetson, Oct. 13,
1797, and lives on Winter st., in the old Torrey house, ch. : 1.
Eunice W., Feb. 8, 1798. 2. Mary B., October. 22, 1800. 3.
Harriet, Oct. 21, 1802, m. Cornelius White. 4. Lucy, Dec. 24,
1804, m. Seth Randall, Dux'y. 5. Temperance, Feb. 20, 1807,
m. Paul Bates. 6. Joseph, May 9, 1809, living unm., with his
fa. 7. Betsey C, July 1, 1811, m. Prescott Lathrop, E. Wey'h.,
and is d.

TURNER, an ancient family, of Norman French origin, which
appears in Eng'd. as early as 1067, the date of the Norman Con-
quest, when " Le sire de Tourneur," accompanied King Wm. in
his expedition. (N. E. Gen. Reg., vol. 2, p. 33.) There are
various coats of arms, belonging to different branches, in most of
which/jthe mill-rind, so called, is a distinguishing feature./' Burke
gives the names of 35 families, to whom coats of arms have been
granted, and these have produced many eminent men, distinguish-
ed in historical, and literary annals. Several families appear
early in N. Eng'd., among whom are, (Humphrey, .of Scit., the
;' tanner,'' who arrived with his family in Plym'h., in 1628, had a
house lot assigned him in 1629, and erected a house, in which he
prob. lived in 1633. (Deane.) He is the ancestor of most of
the Turners in Plym'h. Co., though there have been some in H.
descended from Thos., of H'm., 1637, whose son Thos. was in

412 TURNER.

Scit., 1680. As several sketches of the Turner family have al-
ready been published to the world, and the number who have sett,
in H. is comparatively small, we do not deem it necessary to enter
at large into its history here, and shall confine ourselves, there-
fore, principally to those that have sett, in H. We need only
say, byway of introduction, that Humphrey, of Scit., had Jno.,
who was fa. of Amos, and Jona. ; and Amos was fa. of Ezekiel, of
H., and Jona. was fa. of Isaac, and he, of Wait and Jona., of H.
Daniel, another son of Humphrey, had Amasa, and Abner;
and Amasa was fa. of Amasa and Eliab, of H., and Abner was
fa. of Abner, of H. Thos., of H'm., had Thos , of Scit., and
he was fa. of Caleb, and he, of Caleb and Marlboro, of H. The
descendants of these families are given in the following sketch :

2. Ezek'l., s. Amos, and gr. gr. s. 1. Humphrey, m. 1, Bath-
sheba Stockbridge, who d. July 14, 1781 ; and 2, Ruth Randall,
June IT, 1736 ; and d. Aug. 10, 1773, and his wid. May 25.
1805, ae. 86. He was Selectman from 1742-55, from 1762-67,
and for 1772 ; and Rep. in 1761, and '67. ch. : 1. Mary, June
4, 1729, m. Win. Torrey. 2. Debo., June 24, 1731, m. Free-
dom Chamberlain. 3. Ruth, Ap. 12, 1737, m. Michael Sylves-
ter, Jan. 17, 1760. 4. Bathsheba, Ap. 9, 1739, m. Jno. Hatch,
1760. 5. Ezekiel, July 18, d. Oct. 18,1740. 6. Amos, July
16, 1741. 7. Elizab., Mar. 30, 1743, m. Thos. Collamore, Scit.,
Jan. 23, 1766. 8. Abig., Ap. 9, 1744, m. Stephen Bailey.

3. Wait, or Waitstill, s. Isaac, and gr. gr. gr. s. Hum-
phrey, lived near where the wid. of Thos. M. Jacobs resides, in
Snappet, and m. Mary Staples, who d. July 15, 1768, and he
Oct. 25, 1815, ae. 93. ch. ; 1. Elisha, Mar. 15, 1762, prob. d.
young. 2. Mary, bap. Oct. 6, 1764. 3. Hannah, July 23,
1765, d. young. 4. Hannah, bap. Dec. 14, 1766.

4. Jona., s. Isaac, and gr. gr. gr. s. Humphrey, m. Abig.
Stockbridge, and, it is said, lived on Curtis, now Main st., where
his w. d. May 13, 1756. We find no dates of birth of his ch. on
the Recs. of H., but their names, as given in the Turner Geneal-
ogy, were, 1. Asa, Feb. 20, 1743, m. Abig. Mann, June 30,
1771, and moved to Me., where he d. Aug. 25, 1821, ae. 78,
and his wid. Ap. 16, 1853, ae. 72. He has many desct's. in

TURNER. 413

Me., residing principally in Orland, and Norridgewock. 2. Reu-
ben, a shipmaster, was m., but bad no ch., and, it is said, was
lost at sea. 3. Ljdia. 4. Calvin, moved to Me., m., and d.
there. 5. Isaac. 6. Susanna, m. a McGraw, and lived in Dur-
ham, Me. 7. Persis, m. a McGraw, his 2d w. 8. Ruth, m.
Abel Curtis. 9. Luther, 1760. 10. Seth. 11. Philip. v£n

* 5. Amasa, s. Amasa, and gr. gr.s. Humphrey, m. Elizab. ,

and was recom. to the Ch. in Lancaster, in 1748, whither he
moved, with his family, ch. : 1. Elizab., June 4, 1729. 2.
Hannah, Ap. 28, 1731. 3. Ichabod, Mar. 3, 1732-3. 4. Zil-
pha, Dec. 30, 1734. 5. NathL, Jan. 31, 1736-7. 6. Lemuel,
July 10, 1738. 7. Ezra, July 22, 1740. 8. Joseph, bap. July
31, 1743. 9. Lurana, bap. Sep. 6, 1747. 10. Amasa, bap.
Sep. 6, 1749.

6. Eliab, s. Amasa, and gr. gr. s. Humphrey, m. Martha
Barstow, May 12, 1731, and had, 1. David, Oct. 9, 1732. 2. •
A son, Feb. 3, 1735. 3. A ch., Jan. 12, 1738. 4. A ch., Mar.

4, 1740.

7. Abner, s. Abner, and gr. gr. s. Humphrey, m. Mary
Munroe, Oct. 13, 1740, and had, 1. Naomi, Aug. 3, d. Aug.
22, 1741. 2. Abner, Oct. 14, 1742. 3. Mary, Mar. 1, 1744,
m. Elij. Cushing, Pemb., Jan. 18, 1768.

8. Caleb, s. Caleb, and gr. gr. s. Thomas,, of H'm., m.
Ruth Barker, was a shipwright by trade, and d. Ap. 12, 1767,
and his wid. Nov. 8, 1768. ch. : 1. Lucinda, Sep. 27, 1740.
2. Cornelius, May 5, 1742, m. 1, Michal Sylvester, Dec. 8, 1768 ;
and 2d, a Soule. 3. Briggs, Feb. 9, 1744, m. Mary Gardner,
of Gardiner, Me. 4. Caleb, Aug. 8, 1746, m. Peggy McCow-
an? of Me. 5. Ruth, Oct. 10, 1748, m. Atherton Wales, Ap.

5, 1768. 6. Alexander,' Aug. 1, 1750, m. Sarah Soule, Waldo-
boro', Me. 7. Barker, Oct. 21, 1752, d. unm. 8. Robert, Feb.
1, 1756, m. a Rhodes, of Bristol, Me.

9. Capt. Marlboro, s. Caleb, and gr. gr. s. Thos., of H'm.,
m. 1, Mary Curtis, Nov. 26, 1753, who d. Oct. 3, 1776 ; and
2d, Abig. Curtis, Jan. 1, 1777 ; and was a Capt. in the Rev'n.,
and a valuable man in his day. ch. : 1. Marlboro, bap. July 30,
1757, m. Debo. Stockbridge, Jan. 7, 1790. 2. Nabby, bap.

414 TURNER.

July 30, 1757, m. Joseph Bicknell, jr., Ab'n., Nov. 8, 1775, and
moved to Lunenburg. 3. Melzar, bap. Ap. 17, 1762, d. Ap. 20,
1763. 4. Joseph, bap. Sep. 1, 1765, moved to Lun'bg. 5. Ly~
dia S., bap. Sep. 1, 1765. 6. Molly, Oct. 30, 1768, m. John
Jones, Lun'bg., Feb. 9, 1792.

10. Col. Amos, s. Ezek'l. 2, m. 1, Betsey Perry, Feb. 14,
1771, who d. Bee. 30, 1815 ; and 2, Mary R. Stetson, Oct. 27,
1816, and d. Mar. 14, 1822, ae. 81. He was Selectman in

1775, and was an officer in the Rev'n. ch. : 1. Betsey, 1772,
m. Dan'l. Keen, Pemb. 2. Ruth, 1774, d. 1775. 3. Ezek'l.,

1776, m. Lydia Stetson, Feb. 28, 1799, who d. July 15, 1819,
and had Harriet, 1800, m. Jno. Mann ; Wm., 1801, d, 1824,
leaving one ch. ; Eztfl., 1804, (m. 1, Priscilla Josselyn, 2,
Nancy Turner ? and 3, wid. Mary Bowen, and has Sarah R.,
1821, Priscilla J., 1823, Cath. P., 1825, Ezek'l. T., 1833, Ma-
ria J., 1839, a ch. b. 1841, Chas. H., 1844, and Jno. A., 1848 ;)
Lydia S., 1807 ; and Saml. S., (a housewright in H., m. Mary
A. Tribou, Oct. 28, 1832, lives on Centre st., and has Saml. N.;
Aug. 16, 1834; Geo. G., Oct. 9, 1837, d. Oct. 8, 1838; Chas.
E., May 23, 1839 ; Julia A., Oct. 25, 1842 ; Jane G., Sep. 22,
1844; and Walter, Ap. 27,1847.) 4. Amos, m. Mary Reed,
and had Mary E., 1803 ; Alice, 1805 ; Clarissa, 1808 ; and Da-
vid JR., 1811. 5. Ruth, 1784, m. Saml. House, and is d. 6.
Seth, 1786, m. Priscilla Beal, and had Seth, 1811, of Bridg'r.,
m. Debo. House ; Nathan, 1814; Priscilla P., 1817, d. 1818 ;
Priscilla; Noah. 7. Win., bap. and d. 1787.

11. Isaac, s. Jona. 4, m. 1, Mary, da. Wm. Whiting, Dec. 10,
1778, who d. ab. 1795 ; 2, Rebecca, da. Wm. Curtis, Aug. 28,
1795 ; and 3, Esther Spaulding, of Townsend, and, it is said, d.
in Vt., being killed by falling from a load of hay, and striking on
a stake, which pierced his body. ch. : 1. Isaac, m. Abig. Whi-
ting ? 2. Priscilla, 1786, d. 1792. 3. Mary, Oct. 1794, m.
Isaac Withington, Dorch'r., Dec. 15, 1799. 4. Avis, 17^2. 5.
Betsey, 1784, m. Peter Hobart, Bos'n. 6. Sylvia, 1790, d.
• 1801. 7. Wm., m. Sally Gowen, and is d. 8. Saml., d.

VINAL — VIKING. 415

/*/r" <->*^-^ y^^-N8, ^ona- 4, m. Grace,

12 ^*Cfr^ /^^tlJda- Wm- Whitins>

was a baker bj trade,
and spent most of his life in mechanical employments ; lived in H.,
and in Scit. ; and d. in H., Oct. 14, 1839, ae. 80, and his wid.
June 8, 1842. ch. : 1. Grace, Mar. 24, 1784, m. Joseph Foster,
July, 1808. 2. Jane, 1791, m. David Hazen, of Vt., and is d.
• 3. Avis, 1793, m. Wm. Lapham, of Scit., and has one son, Wm.
T«, of Scit. 4. Luther, 1800, m. wid. Lucinda Whitney, and has
Geo., of Ab'n., m. Rachel Bennett, and has ch. : Mary F., of
Ab'n. ; and Luther, of A., m. a Stoddard, and has ch. 5. Geo.
W., Ap. 10, 1805, m. Avis, da. Wm. Whiting, Oct. 22, 1829,
lives on Whiting st., and has Avis R., Aug. 8, 1830, m. Phineas
P. Peterson, July 4, 1848 ; and Mary jE7., b. Mar. 8, d. Oct. 31,
1832.

VINAL, Joseph, s. Seth, of Scit., m. Sophia Darling, in April,
1848, lives on Pleasant st., and has Florence E., April 23, 1851.
Mr. V. is a descendant of the widow Anna Vinal, who, with her
sons, Stephen and John, and her daughter Martha, were in Scit.
in 1636, and from whom, probably, most of the name of Yinal in
New England are descended.

V

VINING, David, b. Dec. 27, 1797, s. Ebed, of Ab'n., and a

desc't. of the Yinings, who were early of Wey'h., m. 1, Mary
Curtis, Nov. 8, 1821, who d. Feb. 18, 1826, ae. 30 ; and 2, Mar-
tha Briggs, May 4, 1828 ; lives on Main st. ; is a shoemaker;
and has, 1. Mary S., July 29, 1822, m. Chas. Thomas. 2. Da-
vid, Ap. 7, 1824, m. Cynthia Cobb, and lives in Midd'o. 3.
Martha A., Feb. 23, 1829. 4. Israel L., Oct. 8, 1830, m. Nancy
L. Matthews, Nov. 12, 1851. 5. Hannah B., Sep. 5, 1835.
6. Chas. C, Dec. 7, 1838. 7. Asaph D., Aug. 1, 1842.

2. Joseph, s. Ebed., of Ab'n., m. Hannah, da. Caleb Gardner,
1816, lives at the corner of» North and Whiting sts., is a shoe-
maker, and has, 1. Hannah, Oct., 1817, m. Paul W. Hannam, E.
Ab'n. 2. Abig., Nov. 1819, m. Caleb K. Gilman. 3. Julia A.,
Aug. 24, 1821, m. Joseph Dill, E. Ab'n. 4. Lucinda, Jan. 22,

416 WADE — WARDROBE — WHITE.

1823, m. Isa. Gardner, of S. H'm. 5. Marietta, July 29, 1826,
m. Harvey C. Burrill, E. Ab'n. 6. Joseph, Mar. 24, 1828. 7.
Levi L., Nov. 17, 1832. 8. Wm. H., May 24, 1840.

S. Judson, s. Ebed, of Ab'n., b. Mar. 15, 1804, m. Sarah
W. Briggs, Ap. 26, 1826, lives on Main st., is a shoemaker, and
has, 1. Wm. J., Ap. 2, 1826, m. Mercy T., da. Capt. Thos. M.
Bates, Mar. 15, 1849, lives on King street, and has G-eorgiana,
July 15, 1850. 2. Sally B., Oct. 5, 1831. 3. Thos. J., June
10, 1828. 4. Lydia S., Oct. 22,1834.

WADE, Isaac, s. Isaac, and w. Lucy (Harding, m. May 23,
1776,) lives in H., on Main st., is a farmer, m. Debo. Curtis, and
has, 1. Lucy, Dec. 3, 1798, m. David Damon, Aug. 8, 1821, and
lives in So. Scit. 2. Debo., Aug. 17, 1800, m. Jno. Damon, and
d. July 3, 1849. 3. Louisa, Dec. 29, 1802, m. Andrew Gard-
ner, H'm. 4. Maria, June 80, 1804, m. Thos. Wade, Bridg'r.,
5. Sarah, Sep. 15, 1807, d. Ap. 15, 1827. 6. Matilda H., July
8, 1810, m. 1, Joseph Cushing, Ap. 10, 1835 ; and 2, Jno. C.
Perkins. 7. Isaac, Ap. 15, 1813, m. Harriet Newell, Bos'n., had
'1 ch., who d., and he has not been heard from for sev. years. 8.
Mary, Oct 4, 1816, m. Lewis Orcutt, Ab'n. 9. Dorcas, Jan. 31,
1820, m. Minot Wales, Ab'n., and d. ab. 1844. 10. Henry W.,
m. Maria Wilbur, lives in N. Bridg'r.. and has 3 ch. 11. Sarah,
June, 1830.

WARDROBE, Dan'l., b. in Ports'h., N. EL, 1789, m. Orpha
Morse, lived in H, on Main st., and had, 1. Dan'l., in Canada.
2. Walter W., Ap. 1822, m. Sarah J. Curtis, Mar. 12, 1848,
lives on Main st., and has JElla, Jan. 9, 1849 ; and another ch.,
b. June 11. 1851. 3. Erastus H., m. Lydia Curtis, is now in
Cal'a., and has Herbert U., June 25, 1849. 4. Reuben L., in
Cal'a. 5. Sam'l. 6. Julia.

WHITE, Wm., with his w., and 5 ch., came to N. Eng. in the
Mayflower, in 1620. Their s. Peregrine, was b. before the land-
ing. The fa. d. the spring after, and his wid. Susannah, m. Ed-
ward Winslow, May 12, 1622, it being the first marriage solem-
nized in N. Eng. Peregrine, the son, lived in MP xL, and there

WHITE. • 417

d., July 20, 1704, ae. 83. He m. Sarah, da. Wm. Bassett, of
Dux'v., and she d. in 1711. ch. : 1. Dan'l. 2. Sylvanus. 3.
Jonathan. 4. Peregrine. 5. Sarah. »6. Mercy, m. Wm. Sherman ?
. Feb. 3, 1697. (Mf'd. Recs.)

2. Dan'l., s. Peregrine, m. Hannah Hunt, of Dux'y., Aug. 19,
1674. (Mf'd. Recs.) and had ch., 1. Jno., 1675, m. Susannah
Sherman? Feb. 18, 1700. (Mf'd. Recs.) 2. Joseph, 1678. 3.
Thos., 1680. 4. Cornelius, 1682. 5. Benj., 1684, m. Faith
Oakman? Dec. 2, 1714. (Mf'd. Recs.) 6. Eleazer, 1686.
7. Eben'r., 1691, m. 1, Mary Doggett? Sep. 29, 1712, and 2,
Hannah Doggett, ? Mar. 9, 1712-13. (Mfd. Recs.)

/O n 0* /? y s- Dan'l. 2, m. Hannah

3. /Ls oi/n&fiutf '%r<fft&*' Randall, May 22, 1706,

V_ and in 1743, bought

the Hatch place, on what is now Centre st., formerly part of the
" Hanmer Hook, " so called, which is still improved by his desc'ts.
being occupied by Albert White, Esq. His ch. were, 1. Lemuel.
2. Cornelius, prob. m. Sarah Hewett, Bridg'r., 1747. 3. Paul,
m. Elizab. Curtis, Feb. 24, 1737, and had in H., a son, b. Oct.,
1737. This is all the notice of Mm on the H. Recs. 4. Joanna.
5. Dan'l. 6. Gideon. 7. Benj., 1721.

4. Benj., s. Cornelius 3, m. Hannah Decrow, and d. in H.,
Feb. 10, 1786, ae. Q5, and his wid.Mar. 22, 1814, ae. 94. Liv- ^
ed on his father's place, on Centre st. ch. : 1. Penniah, Mar. 24,
1744, d. Aug. 9, 1763. 2. Robert, May 3, 1747. 3. Hannah,
bap. Sep. 7, 1754., m. Dan'l. Crooker, Pemb., Dec. 19, 1776.

4. Benj., bap. Sep. 7, 1754. 5. Cornelius, July 9, 1755.

5. Robert, s. Benj. 4, m. 1, Mary Crooker, Ap. 25, 1771,
who d. July, 1773; and 2, Anna House, Mar. 20, 1777, and d.
at Thompson, Ct., ae. 88. ch. : 1. Penniah, bap. Aug. 8, 1773,
d. Nov. 9, 1774. 2. David, bap. Sep. 9, d. Sep. 10, 1779. 3.
Martin, of Ct. 4. Richmond, ofCt. 5. Charles, d. 6. Elijah., d.

6. Benj., s. Benj. 4, m. Mary Chamberlain, E. Bridg'r., 1780,
and d. in H., July 12, 1839, ae. 88, and his wid. Mar. 27, 1841,
ae. 86. ch. : 1. Lewis, Aug. 7, 1785, d. Ap. 3, 1813, being ac-
cidentally shot. 2. Cyrus, bap. Aug. 7, 1785. 3. Mary, bap.

418 WHITWELL.

Oct. 15, 1786, m. Reuben Peterson, jr., Dux'y., Ap. 26, 1812,
and lives in Ply'h. 4. Sylvia, bap. Sep. 26, 1790, m. Ezek'l.
Stetson, May 4, 1806, and moved to Me. 5. Benj., 1791, d. May 8
1793. 5. Benj., Nov. 27, 1795, m. Mary Hall, lives in Mi'd.,
and has Geo., 1832'; Mary H., 1833, Lewis R, 1835, Benj. F.y
1837, and Harriet S., 1841.

7. Cornelius, s. Benj. 4, m. 1, Sarah L. Hill, of Pemb., May
21, 1787; and 2, Rebecca Bates, of H., Dec. 30, 1801, and d.
Mar. 30, 1841, ae. 86, and his wid. Ap. 1, 1843, ae. 78. ph. .
1. Cornelius, Jan. 26, 1788. (By 2d,) 2. Albert, Esq., Ap.
24, 1802, J. P. ; T. C. from 1832-'39, and in 1840 and '42 ;
Selectman 1842-48, '50-53 ; also a school teacher, and a
useful and enterprising citizen ; m. Lydia Bates, May 1, 1836,
and lives on Centre st. ; no ch.

8. Cyrus, s. Benj. 6, m. Ruth S. Keen, Pemb., Aug. 10, 1806,
and went to Ohio, ab. 1817, since wh. time he has not been heard
from. ch. : 1. Sylvia, m. Leonard Green, Sharon. 2. Lydia,
d. ab. 1827? ae. 16. 3. Mary, Aug. 24, 1810, m. Algernon Jos-
selyn, and lives in Lowell. 4. Cyrus, Nov. 2, 1811, m. Betsey
H. Bonney, H'n., lives in S. Ab'n., and has Levi ; Wm. d., ae.
1 ; Cynthia A., d., ae". 1 ; and Wm. Lloyd and Wendell Phil-
lips, b. Mar. 28, 1847. 5. Lewis, of Bridg'r., m. 1, Catherine
Gardner, of Dux'y., who d. July 1847 ; and 2, wid. Anne Bell ;
and has Laura A.; Catherine L. ; Lucy T. ; Algernon; and
Sylvia Cr. 6. Debo., d. Ap. 6, 1817, ae. 3. 7. Benj., Dec,
1816, m. Dolly Josselyn, lives in H'n., is a shoemaker, and has
Lousia, d. ; and Ellen jP.

WHITWELL, Dr. Benj., s. Benj., Esq., of Bos'n., (a Law-
yer, who grad. H. C, 1790, and m. Lucy Scollay,) was b. June
4, 1817, ent. at H. C, and grad. in the med. dep't., in 1848;
stud, at the Tremont Med. School, under Drs. Bigelow, Storer,
Jackson, &c. ; and sett, first in Holyoke, Mass. ; and in H., in
1850-1, under the auspices of Dr. J. B. Fobes. Lives at the
Four Corners, and is unm.

WHITON, OR WHITING.

419

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•:. f\

WHITON, OR WHITING FAMILY.

Arms : Gyronny of four, az. and erm. ;

over all a Leopard's head, or ; in

chief 3 bezants.

Crest : A Lion rampant ; beneath, a
helmet, resting upon the shield.

PUBLIC

WHITON, or WHITING, James, the ancestor of- the families
here recorded, appears in H'm., Mass., in 1647, Dec. 30th of
which year, he m. Mary Beals. In his will, his name is spelled
Whiton, and by a large number of families in H'm., it is still
spelled in this way, though by others, it is spelled Whiting. The
coat of arms handed down in the family, a copy of which is given
above, agrees with that of the Whitings, as described by Burke,
in his General Armory.

In 1657, land was granted to Jas. Whiton, and to Onesiphorus
Marsh, in H'm. ; and he owned large tracts in Scit., Ab'n., and
Hanover. In Ap., 1676, his house, and " Jno. Jones's, Anthony
Sprague's, Israel Hobart's, and Nathl. Chubbuck's," were burn-
ed by the Indians. His w. d. Feb. 12, 1696—7, and he Ap. 26,
1710, leaving a will, dated Sep. 29, 1708, in which he gives to
his eldest s. Jas., land bo't. of Jos. Church ; land bo't. of Wm.
Ripley ; land at Scit., bo't. of Rich'd. Dwelley, and " butting on
the pattent line ;" part of a lot bo't. of Humph'y. Johnson, at
Great Plain ; 3 shares of the com. land in H'm, ; and one fourth of

420 WHITON.

a lot in the u small shares," being in Ab'n. To s. Matt., he gives 5
shares in the eighth lot, 2nd div'n. of upland in Cohas't. ; 1 2 acs.
at Great Plain ; a lot in the 4th div'n. of lands in H'm,, and the
meadow adjoining ; the 2d part of his 3d division of Cohas't.,
upland ; and one fourth of the " small share" lot. To Enoch, he
gives one half of a lot of fresh meadow, bo't. of Rich'd. Dwelley,
and Humph' y. Johnson, lying E. of the river, at Mast Bridge,
H'm. ; part of a lot in the 4th div'n. in H'm., bo't. of Jere. Beal ;
one fourth of the " small share" lot ; two and a half shares of the
com. land in H'm. ; the front part of his 3d div'n. in Cohas't. ;
and the lands now in his possession, adjoining his dwelling house
in H'm., &c. To the ch. of his s. Thos., decs'd., he gives his
dwelling-house, barn, outhouses, and land on which they stand,
with the orchard, of 25 acs., and all other lands and meadows that
the said Thos. possessed while living ; also one half the meadow
at Mast Bridge ; one fourth of the small shares ; and two and a
half shares of the com. land in H'm. ; and the names of these ch.
are given as Thos., Jona., Eleazer, Joanna, Jael, Leah, and Ra-
chael. To his da. Mary Jordan, wid., he gives <£36, to be paid
out of what was left his 3 sons, and the ch. of Thos. The ch. of
Jas., sen'r., were, 1. Jas., Ap. 10, 1649, d. Nov. 11, 1650. 2.
Jas., bap. July 15, 1651. 3. Matt, Oct. 30, 1653. 4. Jno.,
bap. Dec. 2, 1655, d. young. 5. David, and 6. Jona, b. and d.
1657-8. 7. Enoch, Mar. 8, 1659. 8. Thos., May 18, 1662.
9. Mary, Ap. 29, 1664, m. 1, Isaac Wilder, Jan. 3, 1689, who d.
Sep. 6, 1690, and 2, a Jordan.

2. Jas., s. Jas., lived in H'm., near his fa., and owned land
on "Great Plain," and in Scit., and Ab'n. He d. Feb. 20,
1724-5, and his wid. Abig., May 4, 1740. In his will, which
bears date Oct. 15, 1724, he gives, to w. Abig., his part of
dwelling-house, and all his lands, and movable estate, and liberty
to cart wood from his Scit. lot. ; to son Benj., 10 acs. adjoining
his house, &c. ; to Jas. and Jno., of Plympton, Joseph, of Reho-
both, Saml. and Solo., of H'm., and das. Hannah King, of Ply-
mouth, Judith White, and Rebecca Whiton, his Cedar lot in Ab'n.?
and that part of his Scit. lot not before given to Benj., to be
equally divided between them. Appoints w. Abig., and friend

WHITON. 421

Jona. Farrow, Exec's, ch* : 1. Hannah, July 4, 1678, m. Jno.
King, Plyin'h., Jan. 13, 1704. 2. Jas., Feb. 17, 1679, m. Mary,
da. Matt. Whiting, Dec. 26, 1704, had Barsheba, 1705, Elisha,
1706, and Job, 1708, and was of Plymp'n. bef.1724. 3. Jno., Ap.

1, 1681, of Plymp'n. 4. Abig., Sep. 1, 1683, d. Dec. 10, 1695.
5. Saml., Nov. 12, 1685. 6. Joseph, Mar. 23, 1686-7, m. Mar-
tha Tower, Dec. 10, 1713, had Elijah? 1714, Abig., 1716, and
Martha, 1718, and sett, in Rehoboth before 1724. 7. Judith,
May, 1689, m. Jas. White, Dec. 13, 1722. 8. Rebecca, Dec.
1691. 9. Benj., May 21, 1693. 10. Solo., June 10, 1695. ^

3. Matt., s. Jas., m. wid. Debo. Howard, Dec. 27, 1677, lived
in H'm., and there d. intestate, July 22, 1725, and his wid. Sep.
19, 1729. Like the rest of his bros., he was a large landholder,
and was early engaged in the business of coopering, or manufac-
turing the wooden buckets for which H'm. has been so long noted,
ch. : 1. Mary, Sep. 25, 1678, m. Jas. Whiting, Dec. 26, 1704.

2. Jno., Jan. »10, 1680, m. Mary, da. Ibrook Tower, Feb. 3,
1704, and had Jno., 1705, d. 1725 ; Debo., Mar. 3, 1706, m.
Solo. Bates, Scituate, May 1, 1730 ; Margaret,, Feb. 3, 1708,
m. John Collamore, Scituate, April 27, 1732; Josh., Ap. 15.

1710, sett, in Scit., was m., (w. Silence ,) and had ch. ;

Ann, June 18, 1711, prob. d. unm., Sep. 13, 1799, ae. 88 ; and
Jjydia, May 26, 1714, d. Oct. 19, 1734. 3. David, June 5,
1681. 4. Matt., Nov. 28, 1682, prob. sett, in Pemb. 5. Elizab.,
Mar. 1684, m. Hezek. Tower, Jan. 13, 1704. 6. Susanna, Nov.
14, 1686, d. Aug. 22, 1750? 7. Lydia, Ap. 2, 1693, m.
Saml. Tower ? Nov. 26, 1719. 8. Isaac, Mar. 25, 1695.

4. Enoch, s. Jas., called " Sergeant Enoch " on the H'm.
Bees., m. Mary Lincoln, Jan. 11, 1687, lived in H'm., and d.
May 5, 1714, and his wid. Oct. 2, 1716. In his will, which is
dated Dec. 30, 1713, he gives, to w. Mary, the improve't. of all
his est., real and personal, except a few legacies, &c. ; to das.
Mary, Bethia, Abig., and Marg't., ,£50 ea. ; and the rest to his
s. Enoch. Est. appraised, X1021, 8s. ch. : 1. Sarah, Oct. 27,
1687, m. Caleb Marsh, Dec. 19, 1711. 2. Mary, Sep. 21, 1690,
d. May 28, 1692. 3. Mary, Nov. 6, 1692, m. Jeded. Lincoln,
Jan. 9, 1717, and d. Sep. 24, 1734. 4. Abig., Sep. 8, 1697,

422 WHITON.

m. Danl. Waters, Mar. 10, 1722. 5. Enoch, Sep. 25, 1699.

6. Marg't. Jan. 28, 1702.

5. Thos. s. Jas., m. Joanna Garnet, or Gardner, Jan. 26,
1689-90, lived in H'm., is called a " husbandman, " on the Prob.
Rec. Suff., and was also a cooper. Family tradition says, that he
owned a large tract of cedar swamp in Ab'n., which he was accus-
tomed to visit every winter, and from which trees of a very large
size were cut, and split into clapboards for the Boston market ; and
that he came to his death near Cedar bridge, in Ab'n., Sep. 17,
1708, by the fall of a tree, a limb from which struck his head, and
killed him instantly. His wid., who admin, on his est., aft. m.
Nathan Farrow, Mar. 23,1710. ch. : 1. Joanna, Jan. 27,1691,
m. Jona. Farrow, Oct. 27, 1714. 2. Jael, Feb. 12, 1693, m. a
Hobart? 3. Leah, Ap. 4, 1695, m. Bcnj. Farrow, Dec. 14,
1715. 4. Thos., Feb. 10, 1697-8 m., and had Thos., 1719.
5. Rachel, July 12, 1700, m. Sam'L Riccard, or Richards, Oct.
19, 1721. 6. Jona., Mar. 5, 1702-3. 7. Eleazer, Nov. 15,
1706.

6. Sam'L, s. Jas. 2, m. 1, Marg't. , who d. Ap. 3, 1738 ;

2, Elizab. Williams, Oct. 4, 1738, who d. May 24, 1747 ; and 3,
Rebecca Garnet, or Gardner, Nov. 12, 1747. He was common-
ly known as " King Whiting, " lived near Accord Pond, and was
a large landholder and farmer, ch. : 1. Sam'L, Mar. 8, 1712-13.
2. Dan'l., born and d. 1714. 3. Moses, Dec. 2, 1715, left no
desct's. on rec. 4. Desire, Ap. 6, 1717, d. young. 5. Kezia,
June 5, 1720, m. Stephen Dunbar, Dec. 13, 1739. 6. Dan'l,
Nov. 15, 1722.

Note. It is said there was a da. Hannah in this family, who m. Sam'L
Curtis, of Hanover, Nov. 14, 1729, and d. Oct. 26, 1789, ae. 72 ; also a da.
Abig., who m. Hezek. Stoddard, Nov. 22, 1 743 ; and Marg't., who m. Oba-
diah Grose, Jan. 11, 1739. Authority of Mr. Joseph Whiting, H'm.

z^f^\ s. Jas. &i

7. I A Ajk- ' ■ . _^_ v , m. Sarah,

J 1~»n c ^r>, n ~U^ j 4^ da. Benja;

Tower, H'm., Ap. 19,1716, and sett, at " Queen Ann's Corners,"
his house standing in the field back of the shop of Mr. Sam'l. Wa-
ters, ch.: 1. Benj.,Dec. 28, 1716. 2. Thos., Jan. 29, 1718-
19. 3. Wm., Mar. 28, 1720. 4. Jacob, Aug. 10, 1723, m. Ann

WHIT0N. 423

Gibbs, Seat., had a da. Ann, who m. Caleb Beal, and the fa. mov-
ed to Plainfield, Mass. 5. Nath'l., b. and d. 1725. 6. Sarah,
Oct. 22, 1726. 7. Lem'L, Aug. 7, 1729. 8. Abel, May 7,
1733. Left no desct's. on record.

8. Solo., s. Jas..2, m. Jael, da. Jos. Dunbar, H'm., Oct. 19,
1721, and d. Dec. 18, 1745. ch. : 1. Jael, July 3, 1722. 2.
Solo., Dec. 5, 1724. 3. Ruth, Sep. 22, 1726. 4. Debo., Oct.
7, 1728. 5. Mercy, Sep. 22, 1730. 6. Thankful, Oct. 26,
1732. 7. Silence, Nov. 23, 1734. 8. Comfort, Sep. 15, 1736.
9. Melea, Nov. 5, 1739, m. Jas. Chubbuck, Mar. 1, 1767. 10.

Rebecca, Nov. 22, 1741.

-> (David) s.Matt. 3, m. Elizab.

9. C^&WW'T^WTK , and d. in H'm. May 24,

*^ 1747, being spoken of as

" upright and industrious, and one who enjoyed the confidence
and respect of his townsmen." ch. : 1. David, Ap. 12, 1716.

2. Elizab., Jan. 29, 1719, m. Jere; Sprague, jr., Dec. 19, 1739.

3. Sarah, Aug. 10, 1720, m. Jona. Hersey, Nov. 19, 1741. 4.
Peter, Oct. 21,1722, m. Ann Wilder, July 4, 1746, had Eachael,
1 746, and Anna, 1748 ; the fa. d. Oct. 23, 1751, and the mo.
Sep. 19, 1799. 5. Abijah, Ap. 2, 1729. 6. Lydia, July 9,
1732, d. May 30, 1737 ? 7. A ch., b. May 2, 1734 ?

10. Isaac, s. Matt. 3, m. Lydia Garnet, or Gardner, Mar. 17,
1720, who d. Jan. 26, 1756. The fa. lived in H'm., and had
ch : 1. Isaac, Jan. 7, 1720-1, m. 1, Rachel Taylor, Jan. 7, 1745,
who d. Ap. 10, 1746 ; and 2, Sarah Sears, Nov. 27, 1746 ; lived
in H'm., near Hersey st. ; had 3 ch.., who d. young ; he d. Nov.

4. 1797, ae. 90, and his wid. Sep. 15, 1804. 2. Stephen, Oct.
13, 1722. 3. Lydia, Nov. 27, 1724, d. Mar. 30, 1728. 4. Debo.,
Jan. 1, 1726-7, d. Jan. 24, 1756 ? 5. Lydia, b. and d., 1728.
6. Abraham, Mar. 18, 1730, m. Mary Ripley, Feb. 21, 1751,
had Mary, 1752; Abraham, 11 &5 ; Lydia, 1758, m. Sherebiah
Corthell; and Rebecca, 1762. 7. Jacob, Feb. 7, 1733. 8.
Israel, Aug, 1734, d. Feb. 15, 1756 ? 9. Lydia, May 14, 1738.

424 WHITON.

/& / X S* ^nocn ^, m* ^eah,

^fytOc/? CU/,r7^Z da* Benj' Stetson' of
U C C4L*r7\ Scit., Nov. 16, 1732,

lived on " Liberty Plain," near "Gardner's brook,1' and his w.

d. Mar. 22, 1751. ch. : 1. Enoch, Aug. 29, 1733, d. young.

2. Enoch, 1734. 3. Leah, 1735, m. Eben'r. Simmons, Scit.

4. Elijah, June 8, 1737. 5. Mary, 1739, d. young. 6. Grace,

1741, m. Stephen Stoddard, Cohas't. 7. Elias, June 13, 1743.

12. Jona,, s. Thos. 5, a u housewright," m. Hannah Dunbar,
H'm., July 13, 1732, and d. in H'm., June 19, 1751, the inv'y.
of his est, being dated July 24, 1751. (Prob. Rec. Suff.) His
ch. were, 1. Hannah, Oct. 17, 1733, m. Benj. Barnes, H'm.
2. Jona., May 9, 1735, m. 1, Rhoda Rose, Jan. 5, 1763, and 2,
a Gardner ? and had Jona., 1767 ; Melzar, d. at sea ; JRJioda, m.
Thos. Steel ; and Josh., who went off, and d. 3. Elisha, Nov. 3,
1737, m. Jacl Dunbar, 1760, was a butcher, lived in H'm., had
UlisJia, Oct. 27, 1760, m. Chloe Wilder, Sep. 12,1782, had
Tamar, 1783, and the fa. went off; Hannah, Sep. 21, 1762, m.
Elij. Lewis, May 16, 1784 ; Grace, June 21, 1765 ; Hachael,
Aug. 23, 1767 ; Emma, Feb. 8, 1790, m. Martin Horsey, of
Bos'n. ; Caleb, b. 1772, d. 1773 ; and Tamar, b. and d., 1775.
It is said there was another Caleb, who m. in Me., had 1 ch., and
finally d. in Vt.

13. Eleazer, s. Thos. 5, a cooper by trade, m. Sarah Beal.
H'm., Mar. 6, 1746, and sett, in Ab'n., where his w. d. Sep. 9,
1789, ae. Qh, and he Jan. 17, 1795, ae. 98. He moved to A.,
at a time when the part of the town where he resided was compa-
ratively uninhabited ; built a log house first, which he occupied in
the winter ; and finally erected the frame house, now standing oppo.
where his gr. s. Eleazer lives, ch. : 1. Jotham, Dec. 18, 1746.
2. Thos., Sep. 10, 1753, m. Jane Smith, lived where Melvin Gur-
ney now does, had no ch., and d. Jan. 1, 1826, and his wid. July
13, 1838. 3. Barzillai, March 5, 1757. One ch., d. young.

14. Sam'l., s. Sam'l. 6, m. Mary Wing, of Hanover, and liv-
ed in H'm., where his wid. d. May 24, 1795. ch. : 1. Joanna,
July 26, 1734, m. Enoch Whiting, Oct. 30, 1755. 2. Mary,

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June 17, 1736, m. Lem'l. Whiting, Ap. 9, 1754. 3. Marg't.,

Aug. 4, 1738, m. David Prouty, Scituate, Nov. 27, 1777. 4.
Thankful, Sep. 13; 1740. 5. Sam'l., Aug. 22, 1742. 6. Ju-
dith, 1744, m. Job Loring, H'rn., Ap. 19, 1764.

^OSf04

Xg^Al
(Daniel Whiton,) s. Sam'l. 6, m. Jael Damon, Scit., who d. in H'm.,

Aug. 1, 1812, ae. 96. ch. : 1. Dan'l., Oct. 31, 1745. 2. Zach.,
Dec. 19, 1747. 3. Amasa, Aug. 24, 1749. 4. Martha, July 14,
1752. 5. Zenas, Oct. 1, 1754, m. 1, Sarah Loring, H'm., Sep. 17,
1778, and 2, Mary Loring, and had Sarah, Mar. 3, 1779, m.
Peakes Grose ; Zenas L., July 3, 1780 ; Harriet, Aug. 2, 1782 ;
Sophia, m. a Brownson ? ; and Frances. It is said that the fa.
moved to Ct., and there m. a 3d w. He was a carpenter by
trade, a man of superior mechanical ability, and, it is said, super-
intended the erection of the old Cambridge bridge, having pre-
viously superintended the erection of a bridge in Ireland. 6.
Hosea, d. unm. in the Rev'n.

/7) * / ' 7" ^ ^ s* Benjamin 7, m. 1,

16. &jC*t <*• «"T^ U/te **^_ Sarah Berry, H'm.,
Feb. 11, 1741, and 2, Jemima Stoddard, Nov. 7, 1783, lived in
H'm., near Accord Pond, was an enterprising farmer, his w. d.
Dec. 3, 1806, and he Dec. 5, 1808, ae. 92. ch. : 1. Benj., Jan.
1744. ' 2. Ezek'L, May 4, 1745. 3. Joseph, d. Aug. 1, 1776,
in the Am'n. Army, at Ticonderoga. 4. Abel, 1757 ? 5. Na-
thaniel, m. Lydia Gardner, had Lydia, m. a Harrington, of Lu-
nenburg; Mary ; JVath'l.^m. an Adams; Sarah; and Abig. W.;
the fa. moved to Lunenburg, in 1797, and his desct's. still live
there. 6. Abig., not m. Two ch., Abel and Sarah, d. young.
O 4 s. Benjamin 7, m.

"• *TAt ^? wis*. %Z£JL

in Hanover, on Whiting st., being one of the earliest residents in
that neighborhood. His house stood where stands that of Caleb
Whiting ; he was an enterprising farmer, and d. Sep. 23, 1793,
ae. 75, and his wid. Nov. 7, 1801, ae. 82. ch. : 1. Thos., June

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426 WHITON.

3, 1743. 2. Lydia, May 22, 1745, d. Nov. 8, 1801. 3. Ozias,
July 20, 1746, m. 1, a Yinal, and 2, a Fadden, had Lucy, LRUs,
Ozias, arid Jacob. Some of these ch. are m., and have desc'ts.

4. Lucy, Jan. 27, 1748, d. Nov. 28, 1789. 5. Sarah, Nov. 16,
1749, d. June 11, 1826. 6. Jas., July 26, 1751. 7. Elias,
Feb. 8, 1753. 8. Asa, Ap. 2, 1755. 9. Priscilla, Mar. 14,
1757, m. Noah Beal, Ab'n., and d. in 1819. 10. Celia, June

,8, 1759, d. unm. 11. Caleb, Aug. 9, 1761.

• ^<y < Lst P &-rn W*l4{/>rL Ramsdell, ab. 1748;
lived on Whiting st., his house stood where stands that of his gr. s.
Wm. ch.: 1. Wm., b. and d. 1752. 2. Abel, Oct. 12, 1752, m.
Priscilla Peakes, Feb. 19, 1784, and d. Jan. 24, 1821, and his
wid. Jan. 10, 1851, ae. 89 ; no ch. 3. Mary, Mar. 21, 1756,
m. Isaac Turner, jr., Dec. 10,1778. 4. Avis, May 14,1758,
d. Oct. 12, 1793. 5. Betty, May 4, 1760, m. Asa Whiting,
Ap. 12, 1789. 6. Wm., May 23, 1762. 7. Grace, July 8,
1764, m. Luther Turner. 8. Homer, Aug. 24, 1766, m. 1,
Anna Studley, May 8, 1785, who d. July 24, 1789 ; and 2, Try-
phena Beal ; and d, Oct. 11, 1793, and his wid. Oct. 31, 1851.
His ch. were, Homer, bap. Sep. 14, 1788, m. Hannah White, and
moved to Vt.; Anna, b. 1788, d. 1793; and Tryphena, bap.
Oct. 21, 1792, m. Zadoc Beal, May 22, 1816, and lives in H.

19. Lem'l., s. Benj. 7, m. Mary Whiting, H'm., Ap. 9, 1754,
and lived in H., on Whiting st., his house standing where stands
that of Sylvanus Whiting. His wid. d. June 12, 1826, ae. 95.
ch. : 1. Mary, Ap. 18, 1755, d. unm., at the house of Mr. Lebbe-
us Stockbridge, June 21, 1849. 2. Sam'l., June 4, 1757, m.
Elizab. Gardner, Sep. 6, 1778, and moved to Lunenburg. 3.
Thankful, Feb. 19, 1759, m. Jas. Whiting. 4. Lucinda, Mar.
8, 1761, d. July 19, 1771. 5. Marg't., Nov. 18, 1763. 6.
Beulah,Mar. 17,1766. 7. Lem'l., b. and d. 1769. 8. Betha-
na, Jan. 21, 1770. 9. Lem'l., b. and d. 1772. 10. Lem'l.,
Nov. 5, 1773. 11. Lucinda, Dec. 14, 1766. 12. Perez, Sep.
18, 1788. 13. Buchsa, Ap. 9, 1782.

20. Solo., s. Solo. 8, m. Mary Campbell, Aug. 12, 1746, liv-

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ed in H'm., and d. Oct. 15, 1813, ae. 89. He was a blacksmith

by trade, and his shop stood where stands the house of Chas. Cush-

ing, Esq., on Great Plain, ch. : 1. Asa, Feb. 25, 1746-7. 2.

Solo., Aug. 10,1751. 3. Joseph, Ap. 19, 1754, m. Abig., da.

Isaac Alden, 1778, and sett, in Bridg'r., (Mitchell's Bridg'r.) 4.

Peleg, Nov. 1758. 5. Jael, m. Thos. Berry, Oct. 31, 1784. It

is said there were other ch., Mary, Ruth, and Betsey, all of wbom

d. in H'm., unm. S%>OST

21. Comfort, s. Solo. 8, m. Grace Fadden, and sett, in Dor-
chester ? ch. 1. Joanna, Ap. 27, 1759. 2. Nath'L, Jan. 28,

1761, d. young. 3. Philip, Jan. 28, 1761. 4. Mary, Dec. 1,

1762. 5. Ruth, Nov. 6, 1764. 6. Rebecca, Mar. 6, 1767, m.
Peter Billings, Canton, Dec. 2, 1784. 7. Nathl., Dec. 24, 1768.
8. Abig., Mar. 1, 1771. 9. Lem'L, 1773. 10. Grace, July,
1775. 11. Comfort, Mar. 1777.

22. David, s. David 9, m. Mary Gilbert, Oct. 29, 1739, and
d in H'm., Oct. 12, 1751, and his w., (who was b. 1715,) d.
Nov. 10, 1799, ae. 84. ch. : 1. Elizab., July 20, 1740, d. young.

2. Elijah, Feb. 5, 1741. 3. Ezra, Dec. 21, 1743. 4. Elizab.,
m. Elijah Lewis, Ap. 14, 1762. 5. David, Jan. 31, 1748, d.
Oct. 11, 1751 ? 6. Moses, b. 1750, d. 1751. 7. Moses, Mar.

3, 1752.

23. Abijah, s. David 9, m. 1, Mary Gardner, and 2, Marian
Gardner,? Aug. 13, 1767, and had ch. : 1. Peter, Ap. 23,1755.
2. Abigail, Oct. 11, 1756. 3. Lucy, Oct. 4, 1760. 4. Luther,
June 21, 1764. 5. Mary, Oct. 22, 1765. (By 2d,) 6. Lucin-
da, June 8, 1768. 7. David, Nov. 10, 1769. 8. Elizab., Aug.
17, 1771. 9. Peggy, Dec. 17, 1772.

24. Stephen, s. Isaac 10, m. 1, Mercy Campbell, and 2, Sa
rah Stoddard, Dec. 20, 1755, and d. in H'm., June 14, 1812,
andhiswid. Sep. 30, 1823. Lived near Hersey st., and was a
cooper by trade, ch. : 1. Debo.,Feb. 5, 1756. 2. Israel, Sep.,
1758. 3. Sarah, Nov. 8, 1759. (By 2d,) 4. Isaac, Oct. 21,
1778. 5. Dan'l., July, 1781.

25. Jacob, s. Isaac 10, m. Elizab. Marble, Nov. 10, 1756,
lived in H'm., and was a cooper by trade, ch. : 1. Jacob, Sep. 10,
1757. 2. Betsey, Aug. 23, 1759, m. Josi. Sprague, Mar. 4,

428 WHITON.

1785, and d. soon after. 3. Laban, Nov. 18, 1761, d. at sea,
imm. 4. Susa, Mar. 2, 1764, m. Josi. Sprague, Dec. 14,
1794. 5. Chloe, m. 1, Elij. Fearing, Nov. 9, 1788, and 2, Seth
Lincoln ? 6. Lydia, m. Benj. Thomas, Aug. 19, 1798. 7. Debo.,
m. Amos Sprague, Oct. 21, 1796. 8. Reuben, d. unm.

26. Capt. Enoch, s. Enoch 11, m. Joanna Whiting, 1755,
lived in H'm., on Liberty Plain, was a farmer by occupation, and
d. June 21, 1778. ch. : 1. Joan, m. Thomas Chubbuck, June
11, 1787. 2. Chloe, m. Samuel Gardner, Aug. 23, 1789. 3.
Bethia, m. David Loring, Oct. 8, 1780. 4. Enoch, Dec. 27, 1763.

5. Leah, Mar. 8, 1765, m. Jno. Abbott, Newark, N. J. 6.
Laurena, Mar. 4, 1767, m. Dan'l. Parks, Lincoln, Nov. 11, 1805.
7. Dolly, Mar. 5, 1769, m. Lewis Squier, Newark, N. J. 8.
Phoebe, Ap. 12, 1771, m. Daniel Whiting, jr., Brookfield,
Jan. 11, 1798.

27. Elijah, s. Enoch 11, m. Mary Wilder, H'm., July 13,
1763, and d. in H'm., June 15, 1797, ae. 60, and his wid. in
Jan. 1811? ch.: 1. Mary, Oct. 7, 1764, m. Enoch Dunbar,
May 7, 1786. 2. Persis, Sep. 21, 1766, m. Jacob Sprague,
June 1, 1794. 3. Elizab., Aug. 7, 1769. 4. Tamsen, Oct. 2,
1771, m. Chas. Simmons, Scit., Dec. 7, 1794. 5. Charlotte,
Feb. 24, 1774, m. Nath'l. Bump, Midd'o., Nov. 26, 1803.

6. Merrill, July 3, 1776, m. Geo. B. Lapham, of Medford, ship-
builder, of the firm of Lapham and Magoun. 7. Isaiah, Nov, 7,
1778, d. unm., Sep. 5, 1820. 8. Blossom, Ap. 30, 1781. 9.
Walter, Nov. 28, 1783, a Major, in the U. S. A., was killed at
the battle of Bridg'r., during the war of 1812.

28. Capt. Elias, s. Enoch 11, m. Sarah Blossom, June 22,
1769, lived in H'm., on Liberty Plain, and d. of the small pox, in
1778, and his w., who was b. in June, 1749, d. May 16, 1817,
ae. 68. ch. : 1. Elias, Dec. 18, 1769, m. Mehit., da. Daniel
Whiting, July 1, 1804, and d. in Brookf'd., Mass., having had
Elias, d. on the coast of Africa ; Franklin, of Ohio ; Nymphas,
and Edward, of N. Brookf'd. ; Sarah, m. a Bailey, of Worces-
ter ? and is d. ; Mehitab., m. Ed. Humphrey, and lives in Chas'n. ;
Abig.> d. unm. ; and Desire, 2. Sarah, Oct. 18, 1771, m. 1,,

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Henry dishing, H'm., Dec. 28, 1791, and 2, Seth Cushing, and
is living, a wid., in H'm. 3. Priscilla, Dec. 21, 1773, m. Josiah
Lane, jr., H'm., Dec. 28, 1801. 4. Martha, b. and d. 1775.

5. Martha, Oct. 10, 1776, m. Thos. Fearing, H'm., Dec. 25,
1808, and d. in 1852. 6. Marg't., Oct. 1778, m. Dimick Bow-
ker, Scit., Feb. 10, 1798.

29. Jotham, s. Eleazer 13, m. Susanna Wilder, H'm., Jan. 1,
1771, a farmer by occupation, lived in E. Ab'n., where his w. d.,
Jan. 24, and he May 24, 1828. ch. : 1. Susanna, 1771, d. 1773.
2. Susanna, Mar. 9, 1774, m. Bela Cushing, H'm., 1803, and d.
Aug. 27. 1818. 3. Mary, Oct. 9, 1775, m. Jos. Turner, H'm.,
1796, and d. 1800. 4. Sarah, Mar. 6, 1778, m. Melzar Beal,
Ab'n., July 15, 1797, and d. Jan. 31, 1850. 5. Lydia, Jan. 14,
1780, m. Jared Shaw, Ab'n., 1802, and d. Lee. 15, 1819.

6. Lucy, Ap. 10, 1782, m. Jos. Benner, Ab'n., 1803, and d.
July 3, 1836. 7. Jerusha, Aug. 12, 1785, m. Wm. Wheeler,
Quincy, 1806, and d. June 5, 1810. 8. Merrill, July 24, 1787,
m. Samuel Colson, Ab'n, 1812, and d. Mar. 29, 1834. 9. Eph'm.,
Sep. 26, 1790. 10. Emma, Sep. 3, 1793, in Mich'n.

». ^<^^% 'AM!,eB:,,18i-:;

who d. Ap. 22, 1844, ae. 84. ch.: 1. Abig., m. Isaac Turner,
H'n., and d. Oct. 14, 1845. 2. Eleazer, Sep. 28, 1782. 3.
Ithamar, 1786. 4. Joanna, Feb. 28, 1791. 5. Marilla, 1799,
d. Jan. 25, 1802.

31. Daniel, s. Daniel 15, a farmer by occupation, m. Desire
Stoddard, Scit., Ap. 7, 1768, who d. Feb. 28, 1820, and he ab.
1822. It is said that he lived first where Enoch Dunbar now
resides, and in his latter days, at " High Hill," so called, ch. : 1.
Martha, Nov. 25, 1767, m. Enoch Whiting, H'm. 2. Mehit.,
Ap. 23, 1770, d. young. 3. Dan'l., Ap. 23, 1772. 4. Galen,
Feb. 1, 1774, m. Rachael Prouty, of Scit. ? sett, in Brookfield,
where he d. in Dec, 1849, having had ch. : Galen, d. at the
West ; Leonard, and Charles, sett, in Ill's. ; Andrew, an invalid,
unm. ; Wm., is m., and lives on his father's place ; Louisa, unm. ;
and Rachel, m. Jere. Doming ? and has ch. 5. Sylvanus, Dec.

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7, 1776. 6. Hosea, June 24, 1778. 7. Mehit., Jan. 28, 1781,
m. Elias Whiting, Brookf 'd., July 1, 1804. 8. Josiah, Nov. 29,
1784, m. a Prouty, sett, in Brookf d., and d. leaving ch. : Os-
born, Josiah, Julia A., Elizab., Merrill, (d. young,) Abig.,
Martha, and Mary ; — all m., and have ch. but Elizab. 9. Abig.,
Mar. 1, 1788, d. Dec. 1795.

32. Zach., s. Daniel 15, m. Kezia Wilder, H'm., Dec. 12,
1770, and d. May 15, 1804 ? and his wid. in 1833. ch. : 1.
Prudence, m. Enoch Lovell, Wey'h. ; and d. in Me. 2. Chas.,
m. a Stoddard ? and d. Feb. 7, 1849. 3. Theoph., Mar. 30,
1775. 4. Susan, m. Steph. Gardner, H'm., Dec. 29, 1796.

5. Sybil, Oct. 27, 1780, living unm. 6. Hosea, Sep. 11, 1782.
7. Polly, m. Joel Seymour, H'm. 8. Martha, m. Jotham Shaw,
Wey'h., and d. in 1836 ? 9. Priscilla, m. Justin Rogers.

^^y^ s. Dan'l. 15, m. Lydia Ja-

/LS^ &^% ) 6° "S^Cei/i c°ks> Scit., and lived at

<; Queen's Ann's Corners,"

where he d. Nov. 5, 1818. He was a carpenter by trade, and
lived in a house which stood where stands that now occupied by
the wid. of his son Joseph J., and by his gr. s. Amasa. ch.: 1.
Davis, Aug. 20, 1773, m. Abig. Bowker, Scit., and d. Ap. 12,
1833, having had ch., Mary C, 1797, m. Leonard dishing,
H'm.; Abig. B., January 4, 1799, m. Jas. W. Sivret, June 10,
1819, and lives in Dorch'r.; and Davis, Feb. 2, 1801, lost at
sea, in May, 1828. 2. Perez, Ap. 3, 1775. 3. Jael, Mar. 18,
1777, d. Oct. 19, 1794. 4. Joseph J., Dec. 29, 1778. 5. Ly-
dia, Oct. 25, 1780, m. Nath'l. Bump, Midd'o, June 15,1807.

6. Abig., Sep. 30, 1783, m. Alex'r. Vining, Ab'n., Feb. 3, 1807,

7. Eunice, July 14, 1786, m. Neh. Ripley, jr., H'm., Feb. 4,
1807, and d. Oct. 1850. Was there another da. Jael ? m. Harris
Turner, Scit.? Oct. 19, 1794.

34. Benj., s. Benj. 16, m. Joanna Gardner, H'm., 1766, who
d. June 14, 1807, and he Ap. 12, 1815. Lived in a house which
stood where stands that of Eleazer Chubbuck, in H'm., was a far-
mer, and a man of great mechanical ingenuity, and industry, ch. :
1. Joanna, Jan. 11, 1767, d. July, 1782. 2. Asenath, Ap. 10,
1770, d. Feb. 11, 1840. ' 3. Benj., Jan. 22, 1773. 4. Joseph,

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Jan, 9, 1777, lives in H'm., near Accord Pond, m. Lucy, da. Wm.
Barrell, Scit., Dec. 22,1812, and has ch. : Jos. 31., Nov. 6,1813;
Lucy B., Jan. 17, 1815, m. Albert G. Mann, Oct. 19, 1834, and
d. Jan. 3, 1837 ; Ruth, Jan.*26, 1818, d. Feb. 10, 1839 ; and
Salome, Nov. 30, 1819. 5. Archelaus, Sep. 30, 1778, m. Eliz-
abeth Gardner, H'm., May 4, 1799, who d. Oct., 1803, and in
1812, he enlisted from the frigate Constitution to go to the Lakes,
andprob. d. there. He had 1 da., Betsey, Jan. 24, 1801, m.
Eleazer Chubbuck, H'm., Jan. 13, 1838, and has 4 ch. 6. Lu-
ther, Mar. 16, 1781, m. 1, Cynthia E. Stetson, Dec. 31, 1815,
who d. May 29, 1818 ; and 2, Lois Gardner, Dec. 27, 1818 ; and
had, by 1st., ch. : Cynthia S., Mar. 21, 1818, m. Benj. White,
Dux'y., Feb. 1849 ; and Sophia S., Mar. 21, 1818, m. Abner Lop-^jv
ing, H'm., Mar. 22, 1840. • ^ ^G

35. Ezek'l., s. Benj. 16, m. 1, Olive Stoddard, Scit., and 2,
Mary Berry, Mar. 10, 1804, was a farmer, lived in H'm., andliac
ch. : 1. Sarah, m. Asa Souther, Cohas't., Nov. 29, 1795. 2.
Lois, m. Jos. Hill, jr., Ab'n., Ap. 10, 1803. 3. Olive, m. Peleg
Dunbar, H'm., Feb. 15, 1805. 4. Abig., m. J no. Blake, or
Black, Plym'h. 5. Judith, m. 1, Quincy Gardner, and 2, Nicho-
las Daniels. (By 2d,) 6. Ezek'l., Jan. 25. 1805.

36. Abel, s. Benj. 16, m. Grace, wid. Sam'l. Stoddard, Jan.
9, 1779, and moved to Worcester, where he d. ch. : 1. Abel,
Dec. 4, 1779, m., lived in Blandford, Ct., and had ch. 2. Sarah,
Mar. 19, 1782. 3. Sam'l., July, 1785, m., lived in N. Y'k.
State, and has Jas. W., and others. 4. Amos, July, 1788, m.
Hannah Keith, Bridg'r., and had Sidney, and others. 5. Ezek'l.,
May 7, 1790, m. and had ch. 6. Ambrose, m. and had ch. 7.
Laban. 8. Andrew, m. Lucy Briggs, lives in Waltham, and has
ch.

(y^^ ^ ^/xf.2— s. Thos. 17, m. Ra-

37. 6/Sftnr,^, ^^^^ chael PeakeS) Nov. 15,

1770, and d. in Hanover, Dec. 13, 1805, and his wi(L Sep. 30,
1828, ae. 81. Lived on Whiting St., in the house now occupied
by Piam Damon, and was Selectman from 1780-82, and in '89.
ch. : 1. Wm. P., Ap. 28, 1771, m. Sally Wales, Randolph, and
practiced law in Bos'n., where he d., leaving ch,, Mary W,, m.

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Levi H. Marsh,? Sarah A., d. ae. ab. 25; EpKm. W., was
m., had 2 ch., and was lost at sea ; and Ella S. ? 2. Rachael,
Oct. 14, 1773, d. May 7, 1849. 3. Thos., Aug. 16, 1776, m.
Hannah Mann, June 8, 1797, lived on Whiting st., where he d,
in 1806, leaving ch., Marcia, May, 1798 ; Jairus, moved to N.
Y'k. State ; Oren, (m. 1, Sarah C. Faxon, who d. Feb. 20, 1827,
and 2, Mary Jones, May, 1831, lives on Whiting st., and has
Lewis, Jan. 24, 1832; Oren T., Aug. 28, 1834; Lucius,
Ap. 22, 1837 ; Abel H., 1841, d. 1842. Abel H., July,
1843; Albert, March 24, 1846; and Jno. B., Mar. 24,
1849.) ; Lewis, d. ; and Hannah M., m. Elisha Faxon, Ab'n.
4. Charles, bap. June 27, 1784, m. Betsey Pool, Ab'n.,
and had ch., Albert, Nov. 6, 1803; Emily, Dec. 7, 1806,
m. David Pool, E. Ab'n. ; Nath'l. K, Nov. 24, 1808, m.
Mary Clark, and lives in Mf'd., no ch. ; Wm,, sometime a clergy-
man, of the Univ. denom., and now sett, in H'n., m.a da. of Benj.
Stetson, of EL, for his 2d w., and has ch. ; and Betsey, m. Reu-
ben Loud, E. Ab'n. 5. Olive, bap. July 22, 1787, m. Piam
Damon, June 15, 1814. 6. Martin, bap. July 22, 1792, d-
young.

38. Jas., s. Thos. 17, m. Thankful Whiting, lived in Hanover,
and d. Sep. 26, 1812, ae. 65, and his wid. Aug. 3, 1832, ae. 73.
Built and occupied the house in which Jno. W. Estes now lives,
ch. : 1. Thankful, Nov. 6, 1781, d. Feb. 1, 1793. 2. Rebecca,
May 28, 1784, d. Aug. 13, 1786. 3. Jas., Dec. 5, 1789, in.
Ann Brooks, had no ch., d., and his wid. m. a Gray, of Me. 4.
Mary, May 8, 1786, m. Uriah Lawrence, Lunenburg. 5. Hora-
tio, Nov. 2, 1791, m. 1, Ruth Lovell, who d. Ap. 26, 1839, and
2, Lucy Lane, lives in Mf'd*, and has ch., Lucy, Aug. 15, 1828,
d. 1 848 ? Flora, Ap. 24, 1830, d. ; Marcia-, and Alden. 6.
Thankful, Dec. 1, 1794, d. unm. 7. Rufus, Aug. 7, 1797, d.
Dec. 24, 1799. 8. Rebecca, Sep. 28, 1800, m. Zadoc Beal, Nov.
30, 1837.

39. Elias, s. Thos. 17, m. Debo. Jackson, and d. in H., May
20, 1790, and his wid. May 25, 1818, ae. 61. ch. : 1. Ruth,
Jan. 30, 1779. 2. Justus, Sep. 14, 1780, m. Abig. Wilder,
H'm., lives on Whiting st., and is a respectable farmer; no ch.

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3. Benj., Ap. 23, 1782, is m., and lives in Me. 4. Sarah, Aug.
27, 1784, d. Mar. 4, 1804. 5. Amos, Aug. 9, 1786. ' 6. Ed-
mund, b. and d. 1788. 7. Elias, b. 1789, d. 1793,

40. Asa, s. Thos. 17, m. 1, Debo. Dwelley, Ap. 13, 1786, who
d. Jan. 8, 1787 ; and 2, Betty Whiting, Ap. 12, 1789 ; lived on
Whiting st., and finally moved to Lunenburg, where he d. ch.
by 2d w., 1. Asa, b. 1790, d. 1793. 2. Elijah, Aug. 22, 1792,
a blacksmith, d. unm. ab. 1842. 3. Debo. D., Dec. 10, 1794, m.
Nathan Beal, Ab'n., and d. Dec. 17, 1821, leaving & son Nathan.

4. Asa, Oct. 14, 1797, sett, in Lunenburg. 5. Betty, bap.
Oct. 23, 1803, m. a Battles, and lives in Fitchburg.

s. Thos. 17, m. Susa G.

fcrttf Mann, Ap. 23, 1785, who
x/ d. Nov. 25, 1842, ae. 77,

(/ and he May 20, 1848, ae.
87. Lived in the house now occupied by Jas. Fish, on Whiting
st. ch.: 1. Caleb, b. 1788, d. 1792. 2. Lucy, Jan. 17, 1791,
d. June 15, 1840. 3. Susa G., Dec. 26, 1793, d. Oct. 11,
1794. 4. Caleb, Mar. 21, 1795, m. 1, Mary Whiting, June 9,
1823, who d. Sep. 2, 1850 ; and 2, Anne, da. Gideon Studley,
May 11, 1852, lives on Whiting st., and had a da. Mary W., b.
Mar. 21, 1829, d. Sep. 25, 1843. 5. Sage, Ap. 20, 1797, m.
David Nichols, Cohas't., Nov. 28, 1817. 6. Ezra, May 21,
1800, m. Sally Curtis, lived on Main st., and d. Oct. 3, 1831,
having had ch., Ezra, Sep. 9, 1823, in Cohas't.; Josh. S., Dec.
6, 1825, m. Betsey B. Dwelley, June 20, 1847, and has Elmira
E., Aug. 10, 1850; Lucius C, Mar. 20, 1828, in Cal'a.; and
Edwin, Aug. 22, 1831, d. ae. 4. One other ch. d. young. 7.
Jared, Ap. 15, 1804, m. Desire Loring, H'm., Jan. 1838, lives
on Whiting st., and has Caleb L., Jan. 4, 1839, and Jared, Aug.
15, 1842. 8. Lydia P., Sep. 26, 1806, m. Briggs Freeman,
Ab'n., and d. Sep. 28, 1849.

s. Wm. 18, m. Betsey Clapp,

42->!^^-^c<^^ Selectman in

^ ^1803, and '04, lived on
Whiting st, and d. Mar. 19, 1825, ae. 63, and his wid. Mar. 17,
1829, ae. 58. ch.: 1. Avis, Mar. 17, 1803, m. G. W. Turner,

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WHITON.

Oct'. 22, 1829. 2. Mary, Jan. 30, 1805, m. Caleb Whiting,
Juno 9, 1823, and d. Sep. 2, 1850. 3. Silvanus, Feb. 9, 1808,
m. Lucy Bates, Nov. 20, 1828, lives on Whiting st., is a farmer,
and has ch., Silvanus, Nov. 24, 1829, m. Sarah J. Torrey, Jan.
14, 1852; Betsey C, Oct, 7, 1831; Nathan, July 12, 1833;
Lucy M., July 5, 1835; Laura A., July 28, 1837; Adelaide,
Feb. 10, 1840 ; Thos. H. B., Jan. 10, 1842 ; Geo. D., Mar. 18,
1845; Mary R., d. ; and Elmer, Feb. 8, 1849. 4. Win., Feb.
5, 1811, m. Cynthia Curtis, Nov. 20, 1831, lives on Whiting
8t., is a farmer, was Selectman in 1845, '47, '48, and '49; and
has ch., Triphena, Dec. 13, 1832; Cynthia, Sep. 14, 1834;
Wm., May 19, 1836 ; Simeon, July 16, 1838, d. Mar. 4, 1839 ;
Betsey, May 18, 1840 ; Mary, Ap. 1847 ; and Walter, Mar. 6,
1850.

43. Elijah, s. David 22, m. Lydia Lincoln, H'm., Jan. 7,
1768, was a farmer, lived on t( Bull's Lane," so called, and
d. Mar. 16, 1814. ch.: 1. Lydia, Aug. 29, 1768, m. Jno. Chad-
wick, Bos'n., Jan. 30, 1798. 2. Elij., b. 1770, d. 1778. ?.
Peggy, 1771, d. 1773. 4. Peggy, June 17, 1775, m. Laban
Beal, H'm., Oct. 2, 1796. 5. Olive, Dec. 3, 1777, m. a Felch,
Boylston, Mass. 6. Elij., Dec. 29, 1779. 7. Bela, June 4,
1783, went South, m., and d. there.

44. Ezra, s. David 22, m. Martha Lincoln, Nov. 15, 1770, and
d. in H'm., Oct. 25, 1773, and his wid. m. his bro. Moses. He
had one son, Ezra, b. May 8, 1772, m. Emma, da. Thos. Jones,
H'm., June 14, 1795, and d. in Mar. 1851, having had ch. :
Ezra J., Ap. 5, 1797, of Bos'n. ; Emma, Ap. 17, 1800, m.
Benj. Andrews, H'm,; Ebed, Sep. 18, 1802, m 1, Esther C.
Richardson, and 2, Mary A. Howe, and lives in Bos'n ; Bela,
Oct. 18, 1804, m. Martha L. Whitney, and had a son, Geo. H.,
b. 1829, d. 1830 ; Martha, Sep. 16, 1807, m. a Wiggins, Bos'n. ;
Susan C, Sep. 8, 1810, m. Zadoc Hersey, H'm. ; Thos. L., b.
1812, d. 1813 ; Thos, L., Dec. 28, 1813; Peter; and Hannah R.,
m. Bela H. Whiton,

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whiton. 435

s. David 22, m. Mar-
tha, wid. of his brother
Ezra W., and lived in
H'm., where he d. June
9, 1823, and his W. Nov. 13, 1812. He was a merchant in H'm.,
on the Plain, and was a man of excellent character, and respect-
able standing, ch. : 1. David, Ap. 23, 1775. 2. Wilson, Sep.
26, 1777. 3. Mary, Aug. 26, 1780, m. Peter Sprague, Nov.
28, 1799. 4. Sarah, Jan. 11, 1783, m. Judge Abel Cushing,
June 16, 1811, and lives in Dorch'r. 5. Moses, June 26, 1785.
6. Starks, June 26, 1785.

46. Israel, s. Stephen 24, m. Hannah Stowell, H'm., Jan. 14,
1781, and d. Aug. 2, 1840, ae. 82, and his w., who was b. Jan.
9, 1761, d. Ap. 11 ? 1827. ch. : 1. Israel, m. Rebecca Cleverly,
Ap. 11 ? 1802, and d. Nov. 6, 1825 ; no ch. 2. Campbell, Feb.
19, 1784, known as Kimball Whiting, m. Desire Jordan, and
had ch., Henry; Kimball; Rebecca; Harriet, m. a Smith;
Lydia A., m. a Watson; Mary A.; Almira, m. a Leavens;
Ellen; and George. 3. Hannah, b. 1787, d. 1788. 4. Isaiah,
Oct. 8. 1789, m. Martha Estabrooks, and had ch., Martha D.,
Sep. 18, 1811 ; Isa. O., May 5, 1813 ; Chas. E., Feb. 22, 1815;
Susan A., May 24, 1817 ; Lebo. 0., May 19, 1820 ; Albert, b.
1823, d. 1824; Anna A., June 13, 1825 ; Emily E., Oct. 11,
1827 ; Albert, Oct. 10, 1829 ; Olive M., May 4, 1832 ; and
Wm. S., Oct. 28, 1834. 5. Royal, Feb. 2, 1792, m. Esther
Cleverly, July 3, 1811, lives in Quincy, and has ch. : Elizab. D.,
Ap. 9, 1812, m. Dr. T. L. Turner, Bos'n., Ap. 3, 1843; Hannah
S., Ap. 25, 1814, m. Jairus Beal, Nov. 29, 1838 ; Oath. O. A.,
b. 1816, d. 1818 ; Oath. C. A., b. 1818, d. 1838 ; Royal, July
26, 1820, m. Rebecca A. Lothrop, Nov. 1, 1843 ; Hiram, Mar,
22, 1823 ; Jas., b. 1825, d. 1826 ; Hannah J. ? b. 1829, d.
1848 ; Rebecca E., b. 1830, d. 1832. 6. Job S., Jan. 23, 1797,
m. Lucy Fadden, of Ct., and had ch. : Lucy, Sep. 26, 1822 ;
Lydia E. ? b. 1825, d. 1845 ; Josi. W., Dec. 4, 1827 ; Lyman
B. ; and Mehit. S.

436 WHITON.

47. Enoch, s. Capt. Enoch 26, m. Martha Whiting, Sep. 14,

1786, and d. in H'm., Dec. 30, 1811. ch. : 1. Desire, Ap. 15,

1787, m. Jairus Mann, June 9, 1811.? 2. Enoch, b. 1789, d.
1790. 3. Enoch, b. 1791, d. 1792. 4. Joanna, May 30, 1793,
m. Ed. Humphrey. ? 5. Martha, Feb. 27, 1795. 6. Sam'L,
Ap. 7, 1797. 7. Mary W., Ap. 5, 1799, m. Jona. D. Pratt,
Nov. 17, 1823. 8. Enoch, Oct. 12, 1801, m. Sarah, da. Col.
John Collamore, Scit., lived in H'm., and d. ab. 1837, leaving
ch. : Sarah A.; and Mary C, m. Henry W. Clark, of Boston,
April 17, 1851, and lives in Woburn. 9. Bethia, July 27, 1803.
10. Christopher, Dec. 8, 1806. 11. Leah S., Mar. 21, 1808,
m. Cushing Barnes, H'm., Dec. 16, 1830.

48. Elij., s. Elij. 27, m. Charity, da. Job Loring, H'm., May
20, 1798, was a carpenter by trade, and a farmer, and d. in H'm.,
in Mar. 1837. ch.: 1. Elijah, Mar. 6, 1799, m. Lydia, da.
Crocker Wilder, H'm., Sep. 18, 1822, and has ch., Chas., Nov.
9, 1824, (m. Sarah J., da. Capt. Seth Hersey, and has 2 ch.,
Sarah J., 1848, and Chas., Mar. 27, 1850 ;) and George, Oct.
12, 1828. 2. Loring, Oct. 29, 1801, a skilful carpenter, was m.,
and is prob. d. He had ch., George, who is one of the commu-
nity of Shakers, at Harvard, Mass.; Stephen, a mariner, drowned
on a voyage to Smyrna, 1852 ; and Caroline, who is m., and
lives in Bos'n. 3. Lavinia, February 2, 1804, m. Jacob Tirrell,
Wey'h., and has 5 ch. 4. Elizab., 1806, unm. 5. Charlotte,
b. 1808, d. 1813. 6. Alvan, Sep. 23, 1811, living unm., in H'm.

Note. The son Elijah, is a man of rare mechanical ability, and has been
the successful inventor of various machines, several of which have been pa-
tented, and have been found highly useful. His latest invention, a machine
for sawing volutes and cylinders, is now in operation, in H'm., and prom-
ises to work quite a revolution in the bucket business. Did our limits pre-
mit, we might fill a long chapter with a sketch of the life of Mr. W., whose
varied incidents would be instructive and encouraging to the young. He
has been somewhat in political life, and is a man of great energy of charac-
ter, persevering in whatever he undertakes, and carrying it on to a success-
ful issue.

49. Blossom, s. Elijah, 27, m. Sarah Lincoln, and lived in
Chas'n., where he d. ch.: 1. Blossom L. 2. Jas. 3. Albert.
4. Walter. 5. Henry. 6. Sarah. 7. Mary, m. Mark War-
ren.

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50. Ephraim, s. Jotham, 29, m. Mehit. Hobart, Ab'n., in
1810, and d. Ap. 14, 1842. Lived in Ab'n., and was a shoema-
ker by trade. He was also a trader for a time in Bos'n. ch.: 1.
Eph'm. W., Mar. 16, 1811, of Bos'n., m. Sarah Morton, Dux'y.,
and has Helen E., Adelaide L., and Walter B. 2. Geo. L.,
Mar. 24, 1813, m. Maria Peterson, Dux'y., and has Sasan 31.,
July 4, 1835. 3. Alden, May 9, 1816, m. Sophronia Hunting-
ton, Ct., and has Amelia S., and Lydia. 4. Henry, Feb. 23,
1819, m. Almedia ? Watson, and lives in Dux'y. 5. Polly, Nov.
15, 1821, m. Jno. W. Estes, of Hanover. 6. Peter W., Dec. 3,
1825, d. Oct. 1, 1847. 7. Lydia, Dec. 3, 1825, m. Benj. H.
Bowker, of Hanover. 8. Merrill, Sep. 25, 1835.

51. Eleazer, s. Barzillai 30, m. 1, Reverence Nash, Ab'n./QR4^
1810, who d. Feb. 19, 1816; and 2, Nancy Hobart, Nov. 18,
1821, lives in E. Ab'n., and has ch : 1. Clarissa, Jan. 27, 1811,
m. Vincent Blanchard, N. Ab'n. (By 2d,) 2. Elbridge, Aug.

1, 1822, surveyor ; a young man of fine talents, and great prom-
ise, now engaged on one of the railroads in Ill's. 3. Leonard,
May 8, 1824, m. Elizab. Hobart, Dorch'r., lives in E. Ab'n., and
has Harriet E., July 25, 1847 ; Leonard A., Jan. 1849 ; and
Henry, 1850. 4. Jacob, Dec. 28, 1825, lives in Milford. 5.
Marilla, May 26, 1828, m. Jos. W. Davis, E. Ab'n., and has
Willard W., and Geo. H 6. Rowena, b. 1831, d. 1832. 7.
Roxa A., July 13, 1833. Joanna E., Jan. 3, 1838.

52. Ithamar, s. Barzillai 30, m. Abig. Mann, and lived in E.
Ab'n., where he d. July 31, 1820, ae. 34. ch. : 1. Lydia G.,
Dec. 28, 1811, m. Gideon B. Phillips, and lives in E. Ab'n.

2. Abig., Ap. 24, 1813, m. John H. Marsh, Worcester. 3. Ste-
phen, Ap. 13, 1819, m. 1, Mary Prouty, who d. Ap. 10, 1844 ;
and 2, Judith A. Baker, Midd'o., lives in E. Ab'n., and has
Stephen W.3 b. 1843, d. 1844; (by 2d,) Simeon D., June 15,
1847 ; and Herbert J., Aug. 6, 1849. 4. Rowena, May 11,
1814, d. ae. 3.

53. Daniel, s. Daniel 31, m. Phoebe, da. Capt. Enoch Whiting,
and sett, in N. Brookf 'd., in 1810, where he d. in Feb. 1850.
ch. : 1. Lewis, is m., and has Caroline, Rebecca, Phoebe, and
Frances. 2. Nelson, m. Cath., da. Sam'l. Gardner, H'm., and

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had 1 son, Gardner, d. ae. 11. 3. Daniel. 4. Rev. Lyman, of

Reading, Mass. 5. Eliza, m. Parker Johnson, of N. Brookfield.

Note. — The anniversary of the fiftieth wedding day of Mr. Daniel W.,
and his wife, was celebrated by appropriate festivities, on which occasion,
the following odes were suns: :—

THE GOLDEN MARRIAGE,

OR THE

FIFTIETH MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY

OF

MR. DANIEL AND MRS. PHCEBE WHITING.

[Jan. 11, 1798.[

HYMN.

Our Father God, before Thee now,
Together we, thy children bow,
And joyful, willing songs of praise
From lip and heart, to Thee we raise.

We 're gathered on the cherished spot,
Where thou in wisdom cast the lot
Of parents; who, before Thee stand
With children, these, a filial band.

Back half a century's rolling years,
This night; with love, and hopes and fears,
Their bridal vows, they made in youth; —
Since kept with holy faith and truth.

Through life's bright prime; through wiser

days,
Together toiled their blended ways,
And now Age smites, they kiss the rod,
And patient wait their call to God.

Now, sons and daughters, come to bless
Their kind parental faithfulness,
And childrens' children, join and sing —
While orphan hearts thank-offerings bring.

Departed ones, who shared this love.

Raise holier songs in homes above t

Help us, O God ! to join their song

And in thy praise their strains prolong. S.

ADDRESS.

(Jan. 11, 1848.1
PLACING THE RING.

HYMN.

Father, and Mother ! Husband, Wife !
Names in which dwell earth's holiest charms,
We hail this length of wedded life,—
Of aged vows — of trembling palms.

Dim eyes, gray locks, were bright the day
These bridal vows, ye youthful took,
Tho' dimmed the eye, the locks turned gray,
Their bonds, not loosened, nor forsook.

Since that far day, how sore the strife
In household toil, ye two have borne
Daughters and Sons — life from your life
Have drawn ; 'till yours' is waste and worn.

We children greet you on this day,
Father and Mother, take our song, —
While " little longer" you may stay,
We would in peace your hours prolong.

Now old, fond love, drop gladsome tears,
These children hands, shall 'fend from need,
'Till we all end our mortal years,
Then Jesus, count us " holy seed."

54. Sylvanus, s. Dan'l. 31, m. Hannah Stoddard, IFm., Feb.
26, 1800, and lives in H'm. ch.: 1. Sylvanus, m. Sibyl Gard-
ner, H'm., Jan. 1, 1828, and has Adaline 0. 2. Nathan, m.
Tempe. Bicknell, Wey'h., and has Tempe., Susan A., and George.
3. Nahum, m. Meribel Orcutt, lives in E. Wey'h., and has Mary
A., and Anna L. 4. Silas, m. 1, Mary Dyer, Braintree, and 2,
Anne Newcomb, Wey'h., lives in W., and has Mary L., /Susan
M., and Emma J. 5. Hannah, m. Chas. Gardner, jr. 6. Ly-
dia, m. Chas. Whiting. 7. Mary, m. Jas. Matthewson, Wey'h.

WHITON. 439

55. Theoph., s. Zach. 32, m. Hannah Collamore, Scit., who
d. Sep. 25, 1824, and he May 4, 1831. ch.: 1. Hannah C,
Dec. 14, 1798, m. David Gushing, E. Ab'n., and has Wm. S.,
Davis, Brainerd. Urban W., Sarah (7., Andrew J"., Fanny W.,
and Henry J. 2. Lusanna, Dec. 21, 1800, m. Silas Ripley,
Ab'n., 1821, and d.'Feb. 15, 1830. 3. Theoph. W., Dec. 7, 1802,
m. Mary Paine, Rdl'ph, and had Nancy A., b. and d. 1833, and
Leonard W., d. 1840. 4. Zenas L., Oct. 3, 1804, m. Mary
Lane, Ab'n., 1825, and has Hiram Z., Nov. 1825 ; Mary A., Sep.

26, 1827, m. Andrew Rogers, Hanover; Edwin W., Dec. 9,
1830 ; Albert L., b. and d. 1834 ; Henry L. ; Emily L. ; Al-
bert F.; Josephine M.\ and Wm. X., Jan. 26, 1849. 5. Maria,
July 28, 1807, m. Peter W. Beal, E. Ab'n. 6. Gilman C, Feb.
16, 1809, m. Diantha Stoddard, Abington; lives in H., on Main
street, has been constable, &c; and has ch.: Diantha S., Septem-
ber 27, 1830 ; Mary W., August 22, 1831 ; Nathan #., April
15, 1833 ; Hannah M., June 10, 1835, d. September 27, 1852 ;
Soranus W., October 1836, d. July, 1839 ; Anson V., Aug.
1838 ; and Lusanna 31., April 14, 1842. 7. Piam C, June

27, 1811. m. Sarah D. Brooks, September 15, 1831, and died
Aug. 12, 1845, leaving ch., Piam W., b. 1832, d. 1833 ; Ed-
win W., Dec. 2, 1833 ; Angeline $., Aug. 9, 1836 ; Piam A.,
Ap. 1838 ; and Lucy M., Feb. 28, 1843. 8. Edwin, July 19,
1813, m. Mary Battles, N. Bridg'r., and d. Jan. 2, 1844, and his
wid., in 1851, leaving no ch. 9. Hiram, Jan. 28, 1818, d. Feb.
6,1823. fruB

56. Hosea, s. Zach. 32, m. 1, Anne Stoddard, H'm., Nov. 11,
1804, who d. June 16, 1844 ; and 2, Alice Turner ; — lives in
H'm., and is a farmer, ch.: 1, Hosea, Jan. 12, 1806, m. 1, Be-
thia Curtis, Oct, 24, 1827, who d. July 13, 1831 ; 2, Maria A.
Hawes, 1831, who d. Sep. 1841 ; and 3, Mary E. Stone, June
10, 1843 ; lives in H'm., is a shoemaker, and has ch., Geo. B.,
Oct. 19, 1828, (m. Mary Damon, Mf'd., Jan. 1, 1851, and lives
in Wey'h.); Alfred B., June 27, 1832; and Florinda C, Oct.
22, 1839. 2. Ann, Mar. 6, 1808, m. Spencer Shaw, Ap. 1,
1838. 3. Chas., March 30, 1811, m. Lydia Whiting. April 1,
1838, lives in Wey'h., and has Bowena (7., and Chas. D. 4.

440 WHITOff.

Jane, May 26, 1813, m. Chas. Shaw, Cummington. 5. Persis,
January 2, 1815, m. John Haynes, Charlestown. 6. Ruth, m.
May 10, 1817, m. Jno. W. Penniman, H'm., Feb. 26, 1837. 7.
Harriet, June 27, 1819, m. Dexter M. Wolcott, Jan. 8, 1843.
8. Dexter, Jan. 5, 1824, m. Ann Tisdale, Oct. 20, 1847, and
lives in H'm.; no ch. (By 2d,") 9 Alice R., June 6, 1846.

57. Perez, s. Amasa 33, a carpenter by trade, m. 1, Mary
Bowker, Scit., Nov. 13, 1799, who d. Ap. 4, 1823, and 2, Sarah
Simmons, Dux'y. ; and lives in So. H'm. His 2d w. is also d.
ch. : 1. Perez S., Oct. 19, 1800, m. Lucy C, da. Hon. E. F.
Jacobs, and lives in N. Y'k. 2. Mary, Feb. 6, 1802, m. Rev.
Calvin Gardner, Waterville, Me., Dec, 26, 1825. 3. Adaline,
Feb. 2, 1804, m. Ed. Jacobs, Scit., Ap. 16, 1826. 4. Caroline,
Feb. 2, 1804, m. Laban Jacobs, H'm., Feb. 2, 1823. 5. Geo.,
Mar. 1, 1806, d. Ap. 7, 1823. 6. Chas., May 29, 1808, m.
Anna C. Fearing, H'm., Jan. 10,, 1830, is a mf'r. of edge tools,
in H'm., near Accord Pond, and has Chas. D., Mar., 1831, d.
June, 1848; Oath. B., 1835; and Geo. F. 7. Albert, Feb.
23, 1810, a master mason, and contractor, m. Sarah G. Fearing,
H'm., and has Albert T., Sep. 30, 1833, clerk with J. J. Whiting
& Co., Boston; Geo. F. ; and Sarah H., Mar. 21, 1849. 8.
Winslow L., Ap. 1, 1813, m. Ann E. Ripley, of H'm., lives in
Newark, and has ch. 9. Benj. S., Mar. 22, 1815, m. Olive Fear-
ing, H'm., who d. ab. 1849, and he is living in Ab'n. Has Web-
ster A, Sep. 27, 1840; Shurtleff ; and Olive A. 10. Davis J.,
Nov. 15, 1816, uiim. 11. Julia A., Feb. 7, 1820, m. Win.
Brown, shoe manf'r., Ab'n.

58 J/ cfZ^'Su l/ctc

(Capt. Joseph J.) s. Amasa 33, a house carpenter by trade, and
for many years a highly respectable master mechanic in Bos'n.,
m. 1, Anna E. Crane, and 2, Cath. Bowker ; lived latterly in S.
H'm., where his son Amasa now resides, where he d. in Oct. 1838.
A view of his residence is given in the Frontispiece, ch. :
1. Joseph J., b. in Bos'n., June 25, 1818, and now an ex-
tensive merchant in B., of the firm of Whiting, Kehoe & Gal-

WHITON. 441

loupe, dealers in clothing, &c, on Federal st. Notm. 2. Ama-
sa, Oct. 15, 1821, m. Hannah L. Fearing, H'in., lives on his fath-
er's place, and has ch., Mary X., June 21, 1845, and Amasa J.,
Ap. 2, 1849. 3. Catherine, Jan. 24, 1823 ? d. Oct. 9, 1826.

59. Benj., s. Benj., 34, m. Lydia Stoddard, Dec. 10, 179T,
and lives in H'm., near Accord Pond. A blacksmith by trade,
ch. : 1. Jared, May 26, 1798, d. Dec. 1817. 2. Richard, Ap.
19, 1800, m. Mary Stoddard, lives in H'm., and is a shoe-
maker; no ch. 3. Lydia, Jan. 3, 1803. 4. Maria, Dee. 7,

1804, m. Freeman House, H'm. 5. Joanna, Mar., 1807, m.
Freeman French, H'm., Dec. 28, 1826. 6. Joel, May, 1809, m.
Eunice Ide, of Seekonk, lives in Ab'n., is a shoemaker, and has
Benj. S., (1. young; and Eunice I. 7. Pamela, Oct. 6, 1814,
m. Benj. Mann, Hanover. 8. Jared, Mar. 31, 1819, not m. 9.
Elizab., Oct. 1821, m. Jas. M. Burrill, H'm.

60. Elijah, s. Elijah 43, m. 1, Susan Beal, who d. Aug. 1,
1812 ; and 2, Mary Lincoln, Wey'h ; lived in H'm., was a packet
man, of the line running from Bos'n. to H'm., and d. in H'm.,
June 17, 1841, ae. 61. ch. : 1. Susan L., Dec. 27, 1809, m.
Ebcn'r. Pratt, Bos'n. (By 2d,) 2. Elijah L., Jan. 15, 1814,
m. Rachael C. Lincoln, H'm., Jan. 1, 1840, lives in H'm., is a
hatter, and has ch., Dexter B., 1842 ; Charlotte L., 1844 ; and
Mary X., Aug., 1848. 3. BelaH., Feb. 14, 1816, wheelwright,
lives in H'n., m. Hannah, da. Ezra Whiting, Feb. 22, 1844, and
has Frances iZ"., Jan. 30, 1846, and Elenor B., Jan. 24, 1848.
4. Fred'k., May 4, 1818, hatter, of Bos'n., m. Sarah Waters, and
has Sarah W., and Susan. 5. Mary L., Ap. 17, 1820, m. Sid-
ney Sprague, H'm. 6. Lucy, Oct. 9, 1822, m. Luther Sprague,
H'm. 7. Erastus, Jan. 11, 1826, m. Priscilla Burr, in Jan. 1853,
and lives in H'm. 8. Jno. C, Aug. 21, 1828, of Bos'n. ; not m.

61. David, s. Moses 45, m. Nabby Fearing, H'm., Jan. 16,
1803, and was for many years a diligent and successful merchant
in H'm., in the grain and flour business. He d. Aug. 14, 1843.
ae. 68. ch. : 1. Merriall, Dec. 3, 1803. 2. Nabby F., Sep. 6,

1805, m. Morris Fearing, H'm. 3. Mary R., Sep. 28, 1806, d.
Jan. 2, 1808. 4. Mary R., June 18, 1808. 5. David, Oct, 9.

28

442 WILDER.

1809, m. 1, Lucy P. Dorr, Bos'n., Nov. 3, 1842, who d. Sep. 4.
1843 ; and 2, Ellen L. Kelloran, of Portland, Me., and is of the
well known firm of Whiton, Train & Co., Bos'n. ; no ch. 6.
Wm., Nov. 3, 1811, m. Abig. Ripley, of H'm., Jan. 31, 1849, is
of tlie firm of Whiton, Train & Co., and has ch., Abby H., Jan.,
20, 1840, d. ae. 2 ; Wrru T., d. ae. 3 ; Chas F., Aug. 20, 1844 ;
Lucy D. ; Abby II. ; and Laura and Fanny, twins, b. Mar. 23,
1851. 7. Harriet, Jan. 9, 1814. 8. Lydia R., Feb. 11, 1816.
9 Thos. F., Ap. 14, 1821, merchant, Bos'n.
3t iC ) 62- Wilson, s. Moses 45, m. Chloe White, Wey'h., Oct. 21,
-^Vl804, and for many years kept the well known packet station, at
the head of Long Wharf, Bos'n. He is yet living, in H'm. ch. :

1. Wilson, Feb. 1,1805. 2. Jane T., Mar. 31,1807. 3, Thos.
J., Mar. 7, 1809, of Bangor, Me., is m., and has 2 ch. 4. Jno.
P., June 13, ? 1811, m. 1, Maria E. Orne, Camb., Feb. 5, 1838,
who d. May 5, 1844 ; and 2, Lydia B. Bancroft, of Danvers, in
June, 1846 ; is a merchant in Bos'n. ; and has ch., Jno. W. ;
Chas. H.; (By 2d,) Maria L. ; lost one son, d. young. 5.
Henry, Aug. 14, 1812, ? of Bos'n. ; not m. 6. Adaline, Sep.
16,? 1816. 7. Elizab. H., Mar. 2, 1820. 8. Sarah C, Ap. 5,
1822, d. Sep. 29, 1823.

63. Moses, s. Moses 45, m. Ann Stoddard, H'm., Jan. 7,
1810, lives in H'm., and is a grain dealer, at the Cove. ch. : 1.
Moses L., May 1, 1814, m. Sophia M. Parker, Bos'n., Jan., 1837,
lives in Somerville, and has ch., Mary A., d. ae. 4 ; Geo. II.,
1840 ; Sophia, 1842 ; Caroline E., d. ae. 4 ; and Rachael P.,
June, 1848. 2. Mary A., June 8, 1816, m. Jno. W. Pierce,
carpenter, Feb. 11, 1841. 3. Stark, of Bos'n. ; not m. Some
ch. d. young.

64. Starks, s. Moses 45, 'm. Hannah, da. Capt. Benj. Dyer,
Wey'h., and was a merchant, in W. ch.: 1. Joseph, of Camb.

2. Lydia, m. Jno. P. Lovell, Wey'h. 3. Benj., d. unm. 4. Lu-
cinda? 5. Hannah? m. a Reed, and lives in Bangor. The rec-
ords of this family are wanting.

WILDER, Isaac, of H'm., s. Isaac, m. Ruth Mann, and lived
in Hanover, on Main st., where he d. Mar. 30, 1818, ae. 41.
His wid. survives, ch. : 1. Ruth, Ap., 1803, m. Vaniah Prou-

winslow. 443

ty, Sep. 11, 1822. 2. Isaac M., June 19,1805, a trader at the
Four Corners, m. Lucinda Eells, Feb. 5, 1834, and has ch., Isaac,
Nov. 15, 1834 ; Joseph E., Ap. 24, 1839 ; and Lucinda, July,
1841. 3. Hannah, Sep., 1807, d. Nov. 12, 1829. 4. Jno.,
1809, m. Mary Tolman, and lives in Bridg'r. 5. David, 1812, of
Bridg'r. 6. Caleb, d. May 22, 1818, ae. 16 mos.

2. Laban, bro. Isaac, and s. Isaac, of H'm., m. Rebecca Don-
nell, and d. in H., Mar. 6, 1848, ae. 63, and his w. ae. ab. 60.
Lived on Main st., in the Chas. Donnell house, ch. : 1. Rebecca,
m. Ansel G. Grose, of So. Scit.,. Nov. 27, 1826. 2. Jane, m.
Ezek'l. T. Hatch, Oct. 16, 1833. 3. Laban, m. 1, Lucy C, da.
Joseph Curtis, July 15, 1832, who d. Ap. 21, 1843, and 2, Har-
riet, da. Daniel Chapman, July 9, 1844, is a shoemaker, lives in
So. Scit., and has sev. ch. 4. Chas., Dec, 1811, m. Mary A.
Hayden, lives in So. Scit., is a shoemaker, and has also sev. ch.
Another da. m. a Ford.

3. Joseph C, s. Joseph, jr., of H'm., b. June 13, 1815, m.
Priscilia, da. Geo. W. Bailey, lives on King st., with his fa.-in-
law, is a shoemaker by trade, and has ch.

WINSLOW. Five brothers of this name, ch. of Edward Wn^gRAy
low, of Droitwich, in Worcestershire, Eng'd., came early to New
Eng'd., and from these have sprung most of that name now in the
U. S. Edward, the first, known as Gov. Winslow, with his w.
Elizab., came in the Mayflower, 1620 ; and his w. dying the
spring after, he m. 2, Susanna, wid. of Wm. White, 1622, lived
in MP d., at his seat called Caresrull, and there d. Gilbert, the
2d, arrived in the same vessel, but soon after left the colony, and
it is said went to Portsmouth, and d. before 1660, without issue.
Jno., the 3d, came in the Fortune, in 1621, and m. Mary Chilton,
the adventurous maiden, who was the first to step on the memor-
able rock of Plymouth. Some of his dec'ts. live in Bos'n. Kenelm,
the 4th, arrived at Plymouth, in 1629, m. Elenor, wid. of John
Adams, 1631, and sett, in Mf 'd. He had sons Kenelm, Nath'l.,
and Job, and d. in 1672. From the son Nath'l., descended Maj.
Nath'l., of Scit., the ancestor of Josiah Winslow, now living in
H. Josiah, the 5th brother, came with Kenelm, in 1629, was in
Scit. in 1637, and in Mf 'd., after 1643, and d. in L674, ae. 69,

444 winslow.

leaving ch. - As but few of the descendants are now living in II.,
we do not deem it necessary to extend our sketch further than to
show the connexion between them and the original settlers.

2. Nath'L, s. Kenelm, m. Faith Miller, 1664, was of Mf'd.,
and his oldest son, Nath'L, b. 1667, m. Lydia Snow, 1692, and
had Oliver, 1702, who was of Scit. , m. 1, Agatha Bryant, and 2,
Bethia Prior, 1749, and lived near the 3d Herring Brook, where
his descendants still reside. His ch., bap. in Hanover, were 1.
Oliver, killed in the French war, in 1758, leaving a son Oliver, a
Rev'n. pensioner, in Scit., now d. 2. Ruth, July 22, 1739. 3.
Nath'L, Oct. 11, 1741. 4. John, Feb. 5, 1743, moved to Noble-
boro', Me. (By 2nd,) 5. Bethiah, Sep. 29, 1751. 6. Joseph,
1753, (1. early.

C S. Nath'l., s. Oliver, s. Nath'l. 2, early espoused the Am.
cause, in the Rev'n. War, entered the Army in 1776^ rose to the
rank of 31a j or, and acquitted himself with honor in the southern
expeditions. He m. Sarah Hatch, 1766, and was fa. of Nath'l. ,
b. 1767, who m. Clarissa, da. Ebn'r. Curtis, of H., Oct. 13, 1796,
and had Josiah, now of H., who m. Abigail, da. Lemuel Curtis?
and lives on Washington st., ab. one mile N. of the Four Corners.
No children.

4. Thomas, s. Thos., of Plym'h.,m. 1, Ruth Grose, Feb. 20,
1810, who d. Feb. 13, 1828, ae. 45 ; and 2, Harriet Delano, of
Dux'y. A carpenter by trade. ch. : 1. Thos. G., July 20,
1800, m. 1, Susan, W. Gardner, of H'm., Oct. 28, 1822 ; and 2,
a Pollard, of Me. , lived in Boston, and d. ab. 1846. 2. Joshua,
May 12, 1801. 3. Charles, May 16, 1803. 4. Richmond, July
30, 1804. 5. Pelham, Nov. 17, 1805. 6. Lucy T., Sep. 26,
1808, m. Geo. Hildreth, of Dorch'r., May 24, 1830. 7. Henry,
Nov., 1810. 8. Win., Feb. 10, 1812. 9. Ruth G., July 24,
1814. 10. Elizab., b. Feb. 9, d. June 23, 1816. 11. Elenor J.,
Dec. 28, 1816, m. Isaiah Jenkins, and d. 1848. 12. Samuel,
Oct. 14, 1818, d. Oct. 14, 1820. 13. Mary, Nov. 22, 1819, m.
David Freeman, of Dux'y. 14. Priscilla B., Dec. 28, 1821.
15. Samuel. L. F., Nov. 18, d. Dec. 27, 1825.

5. Charles, s. Thos. 4, m. Margaret L. Litchfield, in 1827,
/ lives on Circuit st., and is a shoemaker by trade. Was Selectman

WOLCOTT — WOOD. . 445

from 1846-48. ch. : 1. Charles L., Mar. 3, 1828. 2. Rachel
F., June 16, 1832, m. Chas. Josselyn, May 16, 1850. 3. Helen,
Feb. 9, 1838.

6. Richmond, s. Thos. 4, m. Harriet Howard, of Dux'y., Jan.
10, 1828, lives on Circuit st, and is an anchor smith by trade,
ch. : 1. Samuel R., Mar. 14, 1829, m. Elizab. Bates, Mar. 22,
1849, and lives in Plym'h. 2. James B., Oct. 22, 1830. 3.
Rebecca H., Sep. 22, 1832. 4. Erastus B , July 14, 1834.
5. John A., Mar. 2, 1837. 6. Joshua S., July 15, 1840. 7.
Daniel W., Dec. 15, 1842. 8. Frederick R., Ap. 2. 1848.

7. Henry, s. Thos. 4, m. Harriet, da. Nath'l. Pratt, June 15,
1835, lives on Summer st., and is a shoemaker, ch. : 1. Harriet
F., Feb. 10, 1841.

WOLCOTT, Rev. Calvin, a desc't. of the noted family of"
Wolcotts, of Ct., m. Sarah, da. Col. Saml. Gardner, of Danvers,
Mass., collat. desc't. of Gen. Putnam, of Ct., and was sett, in H.,
as Rector of St. Andrew's Church, from 1818 to 1834, and is now
colleague with Rev. Dr. Tyng, of N. York. ch. : 1. Elizab. G.,
b. in Marblehead, Dec. 30, 1812, m. Dr. Jacob Richards, of
Braintree, and is d. 2. Augustus C, b. at Danvers, Oct. 15,
1814, d. at Havana, in 1832. 3. Sarah A., b. at Marblehead,
Mar. 27, 1817. Notm. 4. Samuel G., b. in Hanover, Jan. 2,
1820, grad. Wash. Coll., Hartford, Ct., and is sett, as a Physician
in Utica, N. Y. 5. Henrietta B., b. in Hanover, May 15, 1823,
m. Edwin A., s. Hon. Joseph Richards, of Braintree, and lives
in B. 6. Asa G., b. in Hanover, Ap. 25, 1825, grad. Wash.
Coll., and is sett, in N. Y. city, as a Teacher of Languages. 7.
George C, b. inH., July 15, "1827, grad. B. U., 1848, and d.
Oct. 24, 1851. Principal of the Acad, in H. for one term.

WOOD, Alexander, Esq., s. Ichabod, of Midd'o., b. Nov. 5,
1796, m. Louisa Bourne, of M., Oct. 1824, lives near the Four
Comers, was formerly a lawyer. Is P. M., and has been engaged
in trade for many years, ch. : 1. Louisa B., Mar. 21, 1826. 2.
Wm. B., Oct. 27, 1831. 3. Ed. F., Sep. 28, 1834. 4. Henry
A., Oct. 22, 1836. 5. Ellen P., Dec. 25, 1838. 6. Lucy P.,
Jan. 16, 1843, d. Feb. 15, 1850.

446 WOODMAN — WRIGHT.

2. Abner, s. Ezra, of Midd'o., m. 1, Marg't. Bessey, and 2,
Mary Bessey, and lives on Centre st. ch. : 1. Abner A., July 1,
182T. 2. Marg't. B., Mar. 1, 1881. 3. Ezra, Nov. 11, 1833.
4. Mary B., July 19, 1835. (By 2d,) 5. Charles R., May 12,

1848.

WOODMAN, James, s. Barney, of Scit., m. Mary C. Bates,
Nov. 24, 1850, lives on Centre street, and is a carpenter by
trade, ch. : Mary V., Mar. 15, 1851.

WRIGHT, Warren, s. Levi, of Plymp'n., m. Ruth J. Haskins,
of Scit., May 29, 1839, and lives near the Four Corners, in the
house built by himself. A blacksmith by trade, ch. : Warren
J., Feb. 26, 1846. 2. Frances J., June 12, 1848.

APPENDIX. {J-vsuh

Barstow Family. Since this work went to press, we have
obtained the following additional particulars relative to the Bars-
tow family. The original name seems to have been Burstoiv ;
and we find this name in Sussex Co., in the reign of Edward II.,
A. D., 1308, at which date grants were made to Roberto de
Burstoive. See " Documents Illustrative of English History, in
the 13th and 14th Centuries," in the N. E. Gen. Soc. Lib.; and
Rymer's Foedera, vol. 3. In the reign of Henry III., A. D.,
1271, we find in Suffolk Co., Will, de Burstoive, and Christiana,
Ms wife. See " Excerpta Rotulis," &c, vol. 3, in the N. E.
Gen. Soc. Lib. In the " History of Surrey and Sussex," pub.
in London, in 1829, vol. 2, p. 273, we find the parish of Bur stow
described, which is " situate in the weald of Surrey, and is not
mentioned in Domesday Book. It adjoins Home on the east,
Horley on the west, Blechingley and Nutfield on the north, and
"Worth, in Sussex, on the south. In 1821, there were 915 in-
habitants, and 106 houses in this parish. The manors of Burs-
tow Court lodge, Burstow, Burstow lodge, and Red hall, are
situate in this parish, and principally belong to M. Sanders and
T. Dickson, Esqrs. The benefice is a rectory, in the deanery of
Ewell. It is rated in the valor of Ed. I. at 12 marks, in the
king's book at £15 13s. 4c?. It is a peculiar of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, and is in the patronage of the king. The church,
dedicated to St. Bartholomew, consists of a nave and south aisle,
a chancel, and a wooden turret and steeple at the west end. The
interior is particularly neat. On Smallfield Common, in this par-

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ish, is the remaining part of a mansion-house, built of stone, which
belonged to the family of Be Bur stow, and passed from them to
that of Byshe, long settled there. It was formerly called Crutt-
ings, and was given by Bartholomew, (Lord Burgherst,) to John
de Burstow, as an acknowledgment for assistance received from
him when thrown from his horse in an engagement with the
French. The house, of which part is now standing, is supposed
to have been erected by Edward Byshe. He was a bencher of
Lincoln's Inn, and a great practitioner in the Court of Wards,
where he amassed his fortune, and used jokingly to say, that he
"built his house with woodcocks' heads."

We think it probable, that branches of this family, — the Burs-
tows, — settled in Yorkshire ; and from the latter, sprung tie
Barstows who emigrated to America.

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